Columbian+Drug+War

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 * Columbia's main drug that they have is cocaine.
 * Drug lord Pablo Escobar, who died in 1993, created the cocaine empire that Columbia is today.
 * Cocaine comes from the Coca plant and both South America and the U.S. are trying to eliminate the plant.
 * Not only does the coca plant produce cocaine, but it is also a slash and burn crop that is devastating on the environment
 * Civil war has torn apart Columbia for years.
 * Rebels in Columbia get a lot of money from illegal drugs.
 * Annually, the drug trade is worth about 10 billion dollars.
 * Since 2001 the U.S. has spent about 6 billion dollars in an effort to help Columbia's government fight the war on drugs.
 * Cocaine is grown in the Andes mountains within Columbia.[[image:Clombia-map.gif width="412" height="393"]]
 * About 90% of the worlds cocaine comes from Columbia.
 * The illegal drug trade makes up about one fourth of Columbia's economy.

This drug war has remained unresolved since the 1970s.


 * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/business/inside/colombian.html
 * http://www.youtube.com/
 * http://www.progress.org/fold155.htm