Post-FARC, The US Needs a New Plan Colombia
With the new peace between the Colombian government and the FARC, the US should update Plan Colombia. A robust defense of property rights would be a good start.
Fall 2016
Volume 19, Issue 1
21 September
Photo credit: Plaintain farmer in Quindio, Colombia
©Neil Palmer, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ciat/4875330949/
With the new peace between the Colombian government and the FARC, the US should update Plan Colombia. A robust defense of property rights would be a good start.
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