There is widespread agreement as to
the fact that Plan Colombia and these pronouncedly military components pose a threat to the peace negotiations now under way, and will engender an escalation of the c
onflict in Colombia after more than three decades of civil war, over 300 000 dead, and when we had hoped that it would be possible to enga
ge in dialogue once President Pastrana took office, and resolve the country’s problems, i.e. th
...[+++]e conflict.