Back from the Brink: Evaluating Progress in Colombia

Dr. Peter DeShazo, director of the CSIS Americas Program, and former deputy
assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, will join us for a discussion on
Colombia’s record in reversing
instability and economic distress.  He traces the formulation and approval of Plan Colombia during the administration of
President Andrés Pastrana and the subsequent policies of President Alvaro Uribe.
 DeShazo has examined Colombia‘s progress in key areas from 1999, the
year Plan Colombia was launched, to the
present, including: security, governance, the peace process, human rights,
narcotics, and social and economic issues.