4.29.2005
Another Banner Year?
I stand corrected in my recent post regarding the US media and their neglecting of Colombia. In fact, Condi's visit did inspire many major US and European media outlets to devote attention to the ongoing conflict. I thought this piece in yesterday's NYTimes was especially on target:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/international/americas/28colombia.html?pagewanted=print&position=
I was amused by the Orwellian spin put on the utter failure of the fumigation efforts by different US consituencies:
"The senior State Department official said he suspected traffickers were hoarding vast supplies of cocaine and doling it out slowly. Representative Dan Burton, the Indiana Republican who is chairman of the Western Hemisphere subcommittee, said he thought the Colombians should be using a more powerful herbicide. And the White House drug policy office hypothesizes that the government's data on drug cultivation may be inaccurate."
The fact that there are no changes being introduced into the aid request for 2006 is disturbing to say the least.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/international/americas/28colombia.html?pagewanted=print&position=
I was amused by the Orwellian spin put on the utter failure of the fumigation efforts by different US consituencies:
"The senior State Department official said he suspected traffickers were hoarding vast supplies of cocaine and doling it out slowly. Representative Dan Burton, the Indiana Republican who is chairman of the Western Hemisphere subcommittee, said he thought the Colombians should be using a more powerful herbicide. And the White House drug policy office hypothesizes that the government's data on drug cultivation may be inaccurate."
The fact that there are no changes being introduced into the aid request for 2006 is disturbing to say the least.
# posted by Juanson : 10:00 AM
