Colombia's Road to Recovery: Security and Governance 1982-2010 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478130864)

Between 2002 and 2010, Colombia made remarkable progress toward establishing security and governance in the face of multiple threats: insurgents, paramilitaries, and organized crime, all supported by illicit markets (most notably drug trafficking). In 1998, US intelligence analysts were predicting the overthrow of the Colombian government by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgency. However, the Colombian government and society rallied to develop new strategies to confront the threats. The United States also provided significant, sustained assistance. By 2005, the government had seized the strategic offensive. In 2008, government forces began to regularly kill or capture FARC senior leaders. Although the conflict is not over, prospects for terminating the conflict look promising. This study set out to determine and describe how Colombia went from near failure to palpable success.

Author: Carlos O. Ospina,David R. Moreno,Alejandro Arbelaez
ISBN-10: 1478130865
ISBN-13: 9781478130864
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2012
Pages: 142
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.30d