Faces Of The Colombian War

February 2010

Possibly the most downplayed conflict of today, the forty-year-old Colombian war shows no signs of ceasing. Its fed by a billion dollar drug trade, political division and an international land battle.
The conflict is no longer about ideology. Its a battle of powers, a battle for territory. It began as a war between left-wing guerrillas - hoping to establish a communist state and right-wing paramilitary groups funded by the wealthy. Yet both sides lost support when the violence intensified. I lost my entire family, says Anna, whose town was hit by forty guerrilla bombs. Those who werent killed were evicted from valuable land and sent to urban slums. Accion Social the governments aid program for the displaced - has done little to help. And the USs half a billion dollars a year in aid may have indirectly funded the paramilitary death squads associated with President Uribe. With cocaine production still on the rise and much of the land claimed by paramilitary groups now used by international agribusinesses, could there be a financial incentive for the ongoing war? Paramillary narco-trafficking has never ended, because the government is supporting them. And as an even more violent paramilitary rise to claim their piece of the profits, its only the 4 million displaced Columbians, who stand to lose.

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[danielmountain]

intelligent people will learn something from this video

the rest of you retards won't learn a thing

[ILOVEEEDWARDCULLEN1]

how many ppl were sent here by ke$ha? loooool xx

[darkdsm1]

Columbia sucks. fuck right wing countries.!! American puppet all the way.

[lookwhoyouare]

Only idiots think that the FARC are still running Colombia , the FARC are pretty much all dead. Weve already killed most of there leaders , now there just running around in the jungle like rats. Im colombian and I live in colombia , its safe and its not the run down dangerous country that people view it as.

[angelox4]

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO CHECK THIS VIDEO OUT. GOD BLESS THESE PEOPLE.

[armarjaleo]

Proyecto Venus y el concepto básico de una Economía Basada en Recursos.

[domainalias]

actually this is 1 of the us financed wars but is financed in both ways remember usa is the largest consumer of cocaine in the world and brazil second

[domainalias]

my opinion.

problem: big ilegal profits + lack of oportunityes + abcence of justice + demand of product from developed countries.

Colombian solution: elimination of corruption + harder laws + social inversion

world solution : legalization + education + govenamental rehab programs

sorry for my broken english ¿any more ideas?

[Wahfles]

im colombian cool :))

[chsn09]

@carterlidge The name of this/that song @ 1:00 is "San Antonio" by ChocQuibTown! I will send you the full song/video to you!!!

[carterlidge]

What is the song @ 1:00?