Colombia and the War on Drugs
In 1823 the United States declared in the Monroe Doctrine that it claimed interest in the Western World. And America has pursued this goal. But what kind of effect have we had in Central and South America? In many cases, America should not have had the right to involve itself in Latin America. For instance, the War on Drugs which the US has waged, which has had a very negative affect on the people of Colombia, other countries of the West, and also people of the United States. As the US has continued its tradition of armed intervention in Latin America, the people in Colombia suffer from death, displacement, and human rights abuses. According to Paul Wolf, one to two million people have been displaced from their homes by the violence and live in poverty in refugee camps. Two-thirds of them are children. Thousands of people are assassinated, kidnapped and disappeared in Colombia every year in this political violence. The Colombia
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Approximate Word count = 635
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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