Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy, the filmmakers who produced the most incisive english-language documentary about the Gulf War
"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm", are in the final stages of completing their new film
"Plan Colombia: Cashing-In on the Drug-War Failure".
On Saturday, 11-23, the LA IMC was proud to co-sponsor an EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SCREENING of "Plan Colombia" at Raleigh Studio's Chaplin Theater to help raise funds for film's final production costs.
"Plan Colombia" investigates the role of U.S. policy in Colombia by looking at the broader history of Colombia itself; as well as the social, economic, and political context of the United States' engagement with that South American country. Read More About the Film.
There have been hundreds of postings on the LA IMC site about the on-going crises in Colombia and the U.S.'s nefarious role there. Here's a sampling of articles from the past few months: #1 "Colombia and the New Latin America", #2 "Colombian Communists are Victims of On-going Genocide, #3 "Colombian Narcofascism Raises its Ugly Head", #4 "As US Intervention Grows, Colombian Army Seiges Medellin" , #5 "Pentagon Sends Combat Troops to Colombia", #6 "Marines Ordered into Colombia", #7 "The Political Economy of a Narco-Terror State", #8 "More U.S. Military Aids, Special Forces to Colombia", #9 "Colombia is Like Vietnam", #10 "New Colombian Governmant Slams Door on Peace", #11 Noam Chomsky Interview "U.S. is Financing Murder of Possibly Millions in Cauca (Colombia)", #12 "White House Promotes Terrorism and Drug Trafficking in Colombia", #13 "U.S. Offensive in Latin America: Coups, Retreats, and Radicalization", #14 "A Savage Attack: Massacre in District 13, Medellin", #15 "Propaganda and Plan Colombia, Perception Management of the U.S.'s "Terror War".
Listen to an interview with Manuel Rozental of the Canada Colombia Solidarity Campaign on the effects of Plan Colombia and the FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of the Americas) on indiginous people.
There are many websites that provide quality, in-depth coverage of Colombia and the U.S. intervention there. ZNET's Colombia Watch provides exceptional updates and analysis; and Rachel Gueveran had an excellent article on Colombia and Corporate Profits in Z magazine's Oct 2002 issue. Narco News Bulletin features reports on major breaking news, as well as penetrating analysis: check out the article "Toward Drug Legalization", as well as two critiques (1, 2) of Plan Colombia by Ron Jacobs. The web-magazine Counterpunch often features poignant commentaries on Colombia; here are six recent examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Detroit-based Labor Notes has reported on, and regularly comments upon, (1, 2, 3, 4) the oppresion, and murder, of Colombian labor leaders. LA-based From the Wilderness also offers regular commentaries and investigative features (1, 2, 3, 4) on the U.S. role in Colombia. NACLA is an excellent source for well-researched academic-type analysis of Colombia, and their latest magazine features an in-depth analysis of the role of drugs in Colombian society and its economy. And finally, the Center for International Policy's Colombia Project's web-page is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in investigating U.S. policy in Colombia, and it also provides regular updates and analysis of the conflicts in Colombia.
Colombia Human Rights Network is an excellent resource for information about Colombia, and about activism supporting the struggles for Human Rights and democracy there. The Colombia Support Network similarly provides updates as well as information about how to get involved in the solidarity movement with the people of Colombia.
For on-going spanish language coverage of the crises in Colombia, check out Colombia Indymedia.
"Plan Colombia: Cashing-In on the Drug-War Failure"