Revisiting the Supposed Success of Plan Colombia

America has spent over $13 billion over the past two decades on Plan Colombia, a policy aimed at combating drug trafficking and a violent anti-government insurgency in #Colombia. Yet, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, #cocaine production in Colombia is at its highest levels since the United States began Plan Colombia in 2000. Many rural areas are also experiencing record levels of #violence and #displacement.