I have come to Colombia to explore the reasons why this is without question the most dangerous country in this hemisphere... and why America continues to essentially ignore this part of the world... (with the exception of a 5 billion dollar failed drug policy) While American attention remains focused on Iraq and Afghanistan (the ever so ephemeral "War of Terror") Colombia, day by day becomes an enormous threat to hemispheric stability... Consider this... Colombia has more murders per capita than any other nation on earth.... Colombia leads the world in land mine deaths and injuries and the statistics are not even close... In 2006 there were over 1200 deaths and injuries from land mines in Colombia.... the second place trophy goes to Pakistan with just over 700 and the Bronze medal to Afghanistan with only 450.... this is a tough neighborhood and not one where it is easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys.... here they often wear a uniform... and by the way, Colombia provides almost 90% of the cocaine the United State consumes... the problems are real... the dangers are real... then why are our policies in this region clumsy at best and counter-productive at worst? And why do we continue to ignore the threat in our own backyard?
In the days to come I hope to address these issues... come along with me....
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this is going to be one for the books. you might want to get a portfolio ready incase you're needed on Capitol Hill
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