“Suppose that, say, China established military bases in Colombia to carry out chemical warfare in Kentucky and North Carolina to destroy this lethal crop [tobacco] that is killing huge numbers of Chinese.” NumbersMilitaryHugeBasesKillingChinaChineseChemicalsWarfareCropsTobaccoCarolinaKentuckyColombiaNorth CarolinaHuge NumbersMilitary BasesChemical Warfare Author:Noam Chomsky
“Had drugs been decriminalized, crack would never have been invented and there would today be fewer addicts... The ghettos would not be drug-and-crime-infested no-man's lands... Colombia, Bolivia and Peru would not be suffering from narco-terror, and we would not be distorting our foreign policy because of it.” MenHas BeensTodaySufferingLandCrimePolicyDrugTerrorCracksFewerForeign PolicyAddictGhettoColombiaPeruBolivia Author:Milton Friedman
“A Colombia without coca and without conflict was an impossible dream just a few years or decades ago, and today I can tell you it is a real possibility. Just imagine it. We have already begun discussion of the last two substantive points: victims and the end of the conflict.” YearsI CanTwoRealEndsDreamTodayLastsImagineImpossiblePossibilityConflictVictimDecadesDiscussionColombiaImpossible Dream Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent, but 6 years and $4.7 billion later, the drug control results are meager at best.” YearsResultsPlansDrugPercentBillionsDistributionCultivationColombia Author:Jan Schakowsky
“The international community has to overcome its differences and find solutions to the conflicts of today in South Sudan, Syria, Central African Republic and elsewhere. Non-traditional donors need to step up alongside traditional donors. As many people are forcibly displaced today as the entire populations of medium-to-large countries such as Colombia or Spain, South Africa or South Korea.” PeopleNeedsCountryTodayCommunityDifferencesStepsConflictSolutionsOvercomingSouthInternationalPopulationTraditionalMediumsRepublicElsewhereSouth AfricaSyriaSpainKoreaStep UpInternational CommunityColombiaDonorsSudanSouth Korea Author:Antonio Guterres
“Bye, bye! I'm from Colombia! I'm Sofia Vergara!” RidiculousByeColombiaBye Bye Author:Giuliana Rancic
“I prefer to be in the grave in Colombia than in a jail cell in the United States.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesGravesCellsJailColombia Author:Pablo Escobar
“Suppose that the US really is trying to get rid of drugs in Colombia. Does Colombia then have the right to fumigate tobacco farms in Kentucky? They are producing a lethal substance far more dangerous than cocaine. More Colombians die from tobacco-related illnesses than Americans die from cocaine. Of course, Colombia has no right to do that.” TryingDoePoliticalDiesCoursesDangerousDrugIllnessSubstanceRelatedFarmsTobaccoCocaineProhibitionKentuckyColombia Book:Language and Politics Source: Language and Politics
“I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.” Has BeensInvolvedFoundationPieCrusadesColombia Author:Shakira
“May God fill this beautiful land of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador with his peace and love.” MayBeautifulLandAnd LovePeace And LoveColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorBeautiful Land Author:Juan Luis Guerra
“Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that has been very much present in my life from the start.” Has BeensArtPoliticalNaturalEventsEverydayEveryday LifeColombiaNatural Things Author:Doris Salcedo
“The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income.” YearsHas BeensHardAbleAmericaLeftSourceDrugTaxesIncomeLatinLatin AmericaColombiaGuerrillas Author:Alma Guillermoprieto