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enterprise he owned. capital as well as those living in EditorialEditorial A large majority in the House the largest geographical district of Representatives with a corrupt in the land are subjected to the Learning From Past Mistakes leader can result in extreme toxic smoke emanating from If the possibility of a contempt On the down side, a large arrogance where one of them can garbage dump sites perpetually charge was non-existent in terms majority with a leader who, publicly tell the people that it burning. of matters before a court, we himself is engaged in official does not matter how many The negative effects of a larger would have long commented on corruption, will only mean the mistakes he and his government majority with a corrupt leader are the only possible outcome of the presence of a larger group of makes and that the more mistakes real and numerous, the nation criminal proceeding against individuals raping the nation at they make, the harder the must therefore never ever again Elvin Penner. the expense of the masses. Such Belizean people will work to get fall into that trap. What we find interesting in this a situation can easily result in the them out of trouble. The standard of living and the matter is at least two “firsts” that amassing of a large national debt A large majority with a corrupt meaningful development of a it presents in the history of the with nothing to show for it. It can leader can result in the hurling of nation can be realized in an nation. It is the first time that any result in the corrupt giving away insults to the employable among environment where official Prime Minister of Belize has of a nation’s key facilities to us as they do not create jobs corruption is at its lowest level. ever publicly announced the friends and cronies for very little because they publicly accuse us The best combination for this to banning of an area representative or nothing at all. It can lead to the of being lazy thieves. They can happen is by way of the election from ever serving in the party he awarding of bloated contracts to come forward and proudly of a leader of a political party leads. relatives and friends resulting in announce that they don’t need us with the moral fortitude of take It is also the very first time that substandard work like for and that they can go to any of their action against all forms of any serving Area Representative example a bridge that washes offices in Montevideo, Canada corruption among the team he is before a court of law on a away even before a single person and Cayman, where they can leads given a comfortable matter relevant to the ministerial or vehicle passes over it. It can make a lot of money. majority in the house of portfolio that individual held. mean the washing away of a A large majority with a corrupt representatives. If the government would have multi-million dollar bridge on leadership can result in the It was a wise man who once had a larger majority of area the Southern Highway with the collection of an environmental said that a nation who studies not representatives, there would also first flood. It can mean a leaking tax and after a couple years its history, learns not from have been the possibility that this center for the performing arts increasing that tax by 100% mistakes of the past and would have been the first time an which is less than ten years old. without using the funds derived highlights not, to the younger area representative would have It can mean the giving away of therefrom for its intended generation, the errors of the past, been successfully recalled 12,000 acres of land (over purpose while the people living is doomed to a lifetime of triggering a bye-election in the 40,000 house lots) to a single in the nation’s commercial suffering. constituency to which that individual who has no intention individual was elected. of using the land and instead A larger majority of area walks into a bank gets a huge sum representatives for any one of money as mortgage for the political party can either have land and allows the bank to take positive or negative implications ownership of the land. dependent on the integrity of A large majority in the House the leader of that party. 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She says she had a sour attitude determined to turn her life District. She had been removed from her mother’s home at fourteen as a result of physical abuse from an My World Cup Predictions alcoholic mother. For someone who has been through so much, she says she never gave up on herself, and 1. Germany 3. Netherlands hopes other children in similar circumstances do the same. 2. Argentina 4. Brazil From Belize City, Edward P. VoteVote GurminderGurminder “Nick”“Nick” SinghSingh FForor CouncillorCouncillor FForor thethe TTwinwin TTownsowns ofof SantaSanta ElenaElena && SanSan IgnacioIgnacio Come out to the Sacred Heart Primary School Between the hours of 10:00 am to 6:00 p.m. On Sunday July 27, 2014 Vote for Loyalty, Trustworthiness & Liberalism VoteVote forfor GurminderGurminder “Nick”“Nick” SinghSingh Page 4 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] - Sunday, July 13, 2014 ascending cholangitis, from the cholelithiasis. The composition Greek: chol- (bile) + ang- of gallstones is affected by age, (vessel) + itis- (inflammation), diet and ethnicity. On the basis of Gallstone a serious infection of the bile their composition, gallstones can A gallstone (also called species. Presence of gallstones ducts. Gallstones within the be divided into the following cholelithiasis) is a crystalline in other parts of the biliary tract ampulla of Vater can obstruct the types: concretion formed within the can cause obstruction of the bile exocrine system of the pancreas, Cholesterol Stones gallbladder by accretion of bile ducts, which can lead to serious which in turn can result in Cholesterol stones vary from components. These calculi are conditions such as ascending pancreatitis. light yellow to dark green or formed in the gallbladder but may cholangitis or pancreatitis. Either Characteristics and brown and are oval, between 2 and distally pass into other parts of of these two conditions can be Composition 3 cm long, each often having the biliary tract such as the life-threatening and are therefore Gallbladder opened to show a tiny, dark, central spot. To be cystic duct, common bile duct, considered to be medical numerous gallstones. The large, classified as such, they must be pancreatic duct or the ampulla of emergencies. yellow calculus probably at least 80% cholesterol by Vater. Rarely, in cases of severe Definitions comprises cholesterol, while the weight (or 70%, according to inflammation, gallstones may Presence of stones in the green-to-brown stones suggest the Japanese- classification erode through the gallbladder gallbladder is referred to as bile pigments, such as biliverdin system). into adherent bowel potentially cholelithiasis (from the Greek and stercobilin. Pigment Stones causing an obstruction termed chol- (bile) + lith- (stone) + Gallstones can vary in size and Pigment stones are small and gallstone ileus. iasis- (process). If gallstones shape from as small as a grain of dark and comprise bilirubin and Presence of gallstones in the migrate into the ducts of the sand to as large as a golf ball. The calcium salts that are found in gallbladder may lead to acute biliary tract, the condition is gallbladder may contain a single bile. They contain less than cholecystitis, an inflammatory referred to as choledocholithi- large stone or many smaller ones. 20% of cholesterol (or 30%, condition characterized by asis, from the Greek chol- (bile) Pseudoliths, sometimes referred according to the Japanese- retention of bile in the + docho- (duct) + lith- (stone) to as sludge, are thick secretions classification system). gallbladder and often secondary + iasis- (process). that may be present within Mixed Stones infection by intestinal Choledocholithiasis is the gallbladder, either alone Mixed gallstones typically microorganisms, predominantly frequently associated with or in conjunction with fully contain 20–80% cholesterol (or Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, obstruction of the biliary tree, formed gallstones. The clinical 30–70%, according to the Enterobacter and Bacteroides which in turn can lead to acute presentation is similar to that of Japanese- classification system). 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The Lost Dog and the Ferocious Lion A lost dog strays into the witnessed everything. Evidently, jungle. A lion sees this from a the monkey realizes that he can Getting A Hair Dryer Through Customs distance and says to himself with benefit from this situation by A distinguished young woman you." caution, "This guy looks edible, telling the lion and getting on a flight from Belize asked the When they reached the never seen his kind before." something in return. Priest beside her, "Father, may Customs area, she let the priest So the lion starts rushing So the monkey proceeds to tell I ask a favor?" go ahead of her. towards the dog with menace. The the lion what really happened and "Of course. What may I do The official asked: "Father, do dog notices and starts to panic the lion says angrily, "Get on for you?" you have anything to declare?" but as he's about to run he sees my back, we'll go get him "Well, I bought an expensive "From the top of my some bones next to him and gets together". woman's electronic hair dryer head down to my waist, I have an idea. So they start rushing back to for my mother's birthday. The nothing to declare." He says loudly, "Mmm...that the dog. The dog sees them and dryer is unopened and well over The official thought this answer was delicious lion meat!" realized what happened and the Customs limits; and I'm strange, so asked, "And what do The lion abruptly stops and says starts to panic even more. He afraid they'll confiscate it. Is you have to declare from your " Woah! This guy must be then gets another idea and shouts, there any way you could carry it waist to the floor?" tougher then he looks...I better "Where the hell is that through Customs for me? Under "I have a marvelous leave while I can." monkey?! I told him to bring your robes perhaps?" instrument designed to be Over by the tree top, a monkey me another lion an hour ago!!" "I would love to help you, used on a woman, but which is, Mom’s Birthday Present dear, but I must warn you: I to date, unused." Two children ordered their finally went downstairs to will not lie." Roaring with laughter, the mother to stay in bed on the investigate. She found them both "With your honest face, official said, "Go ahead, morning of her birthday. As she sitting at the table eating bacon Father, no one will question Father." lay there looking forward to and eggs. Little Old Ladies breakfast in bed, the smell of "As a surprise for your Three old ladies were sitting at sometimes I find myself on the bacon floated up from the birthday," one explained, "we the dinner table discussing their landing of the stairs and can't kitchen. decided to cook our own problems with getting old. The remember whether I was on But after a good long wait she breakfast." first one said, "Sometimes I my way up or on my way catch myself with a jar of down." mayonnaise in my hand, while The third one says, " Well, standing in front of the ladies, I'm glad I don't have any refrigerator, and I can't of those problems, knock on remember whether I need to wood." As she hit her knuckles put it away, or start making a on the table she looked up and sandwich." said, "That must be the door... The second lady says, "Yes, I'll get it!"

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A Tribute to Senior Ambassador H.E. Alfredo Martinez Continued From Front Page Diplomats. from 1997-1998. Early in his Ambassador Alfredo Martinez is as Belize’s Ambassador to He was appointed Senator political career he was elected survived by his wife Mrs. Ennalisa Mexico between 1993-1997. In and Leader of Government Mayor of Orange Walk Town from Agneli Martinez and three sons Carlo, recognition of his outstanding Business in the Senate from 1984- 1985-1988 and served in that Giovanni and Etienne. work he was honoured by the 1989 and again from 1997-1998. capacity again in 1991-1992. He was A State Funeral will be held at the Government of Mexico with the After serving as Ambassador of also the National Chairman of the La Inmaculada Church on Saturday, Order of the Aztec Eagle, the Belize to Mexico he served as United Democratic Party between July12, 2014 in his hometown of highest award offered to Foreign Minister of Trade and Industry 1990-1993. Orange Walk. Page 10 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] - Sunday, July 13, 2014 World Cup 2014: Argentina Victory Would Complete Brazil's Humiliation If Brazil thought the country's World Cup wounds could not go any deeper, that the sense of national despair could not become more acute, the cheers echoing around the concourses of Arena de Sao Paulo sounded a warning that the worst may be yet to come. As the rain finally ceased and Argentina won their World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands on penalties, the celebrations were in full swing with sights fully set on Sunday's meeting with Germany. The South American side's fans repeatedly counted in increasingly deafening volume to seven - the number now synonymous with Brazil's Argentina Celebrating their victory after Rodriguez scored humiliation after their worst ever Diario Clarin, told BBC Sport: appreciation for the legendary (£11,500) in secondary markets. defeat in that 7-1 loss to Germany "Of course it is a special Argentina-born Alfredo Di Sabella's side finally overcame in Belo Horizonte. feeling to win the World Cup - Stefano, who died this week aged their Dutch opponents to set up a Hastily assembled banners but to come to a rival like 88. repeat of the 1986 and 1990 repeating the insult were in Brazil and win in their country Coach Alejandro Sabella also World Cup finals (the latter the evidence in Argentina's section would be extra special. spoke of the "tragic event" that most recent occasion that of support in Sao Paulo on "In Argentina, the fans have was the death of Argentine Germany - albeit pre-unifica- Wednesday. They do not intend to taken pleasure from the journalist Jorge "Topo" Lopez tion - have lifted the trophy) on let their fiercest rivals forget that progress of the team. It is not a from La Red Radio, who died on a night that could not have not day in a hurry - and winning the great team and we think Wednesday when the taxi he was have been in sharper contrast to World Cup at the Maracana would only serve as another painful reminder for the hosts. There was no mistaking the added pleasure the prospect of their captain Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup in Brazil's own iconic arena would give Argentina. It would be a show of sporting strength on enemy territory that would sustain them for generations. And for the Barcelona forward and Argentine talisman to lead his country to their first World Cup triumph since the 1986 win in Mexico's Aztec Stadium against West Germany would also be heavy with symbolism given the tribal rivalry with Brazil's own favoured son Neymar. Phenomenal block by Argentina’s goalkeeper, Romero Neither set of supporters would Germany is the best team at the travelling in was hit by a stolen the seismic events at the Estadio ever forget the image of Messi World Cup but this is one match vehicle in Sao Paulo. Mineirao 24 hours early. taking possession of the World - the dream lives on and to win The World Cup now moves on While Brazil's thrashing by Cup in an arena rich in the the World Cup in Brazil would to its conclusion - and judging Germany offered goals, drama, history of Brazil's own number make the whole nation very from the noise generated by and the full range of human 10s such as Pele, Zico and proud." Argentina fans as their players emotions, this was a night for latterly Neymar. It would be as He added: "Argentina's addressed the media in Sao Paulo, attrition, much of it dull. close to perfection as was supporters will enjoy being in they cannot wait to return to Rio. It was a night for the tough winning it in their own River Plate the World Cup final in Brazil Demand for a place inside the tackling of defensive midfielder Stadium against the Dutch in when Brazil are not there." Maracana will be high on Sunday Javier Mascherano rather than 1978. There were other inspiring and just minutes after the final the inspiration of his Barca Miguel Angel Vicente, from factors at work for Argentina too. whistle on Wednesday there was team-mate Messi - graft in the Buenos Aires-based newspaper There was a moment of talk of tickets costing $20,000 Continue To Page 13 Sunday, July 13, 2014 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] Page 11 Let Colombia End Its Civil War Contributed by: George Gonzalez Jun 4, 2014 Washington Office on Latin America Colombia has been the host of some of the most extreme and brutal violence in Latin America’s history. The country’s half- century long conflict has taken the lives of almost a quarter million women, men, and children, and displaced nearly six million more. The United States has financed much of the conflict in recent years, investing $9 billion since 2000—much of it to bolster Colombia’s security forces. Yet peace may be near. On May 16, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country’s largest guerrilla group, signed a preliminary accord on the third of five negotiating points in their ongoing peace talks in Havana, Cuba: illicit drugs. The agreement offers a viable plan for the FARC to end its involvement in the Colombian drug trade, alternatives for the small-scale cultivators of crops The Following vacancies exist at Sacred Heart College High School for the destined for illicit drug markets, upcoming school year. and meaningful policy reforms at the national level for addressing issues of drug consumption and 1. One Full Time English Teacher public health. 2. One Full Time Science/Math Teacher Hope too lies with an 3. One Full Time Religion/IT Teacher announcement that came earlier the same day. Following national and international pressure— All applicants should be prepared to participate in faculty orientation including an inter-parliamentary sessions in August. letter signed by 245 representa- tives from the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland— Applicants must have a B.Sc. In the teaching subject area with a Diploma the FARC announced a unilateral in Education or B.Ed. in the teaching subject area and should have a Full ceasefire. While the government Teachers’ License. maintains that it will not end military operations until an agreement is signed, and though Remuneration is commensurate with MOE approved salary scales. the FARC’s temporary ceasefire ended on May 28, this act is encouraging because it both Application packages should include the following: significantly decreased violence * A signed letter of application and will likely increase * A copy of a university diploma showing the highest earned degree confidence at the negotiating table. According to the * Certified or official university transcript(s) International Committee of the * Two named referees with contact details Red Cross, hundreds of thousands * A copy of a valid Teacher’s License of Colombians continue to be affected by the conflict every year. Ensuring that all Completed application packages can be dropped off at the College, or parties respect international emailed to [email protected]. humanitarian law is essential and will likely help to advance the peace talks. APPLICATION DEADLINE: JULY 4, 2014 Continue To Page 14 Page 12 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] - Sunday, July 13, 2014

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Along with this, focus on your home and family sector doing, give yourself a chance to Lucky numbers: 55, 64, 81. romance is sweet and playful as encourages opportunities for meditate and generally chill. You'll find someone seems to really care. The reflection, particularly regarding that when you do this your best and most CAPRICORN: weekend may be an opportunity for your future path. Yet the Full Moon at lucrative ideas may come to you, as well December 22 to January 20 a very special date night. Lucky the weekend also stirs up energies, as a solution to any ongoing problems. You seem to be forging ahead in numbers: 11, 77, 83. bringing certain issues to your Lucky numbers: 27, 42, 60. your career, with chances to make attention. You may be thinking about special connections and encourage PISCES: what you really want to do in life - VIRGO: profitable partnerships. Networking February 20 to March 21 and what might move you deep down August 22 to September 21 and other social opportunities are A focus on a more sensitive part of - not what you think you should do. Career matters show a positive face, encouraged, as your connections may your chart suggests that secrets come Lucky numbers: 01, 33, 46. especially when you're willing to explore be a key to a better career and to light and intimacy tinged with new ideas with a futuristic twist. At the income. Partnerships also flourish, and romance can deepen. There's also TAURUS: same time, moving in circles with folks over this week the Full Moon in your fun to be had on the home front, with April 21 to May 21 who share your interests and ambitions sign may send your feelings into opportunities for entertaining with It's a good week to put your energy could also help you get ahead. One overdrive. If you've been backward family or friends. Romantic options into work and financial planning, connection may be particularly useful about coming forward, you may let it continue to shine. With the Full Moon especially if you need to shop for this week. As Mercury glides into all out into the open over the in your social sector, it could be party big-ticket items. An intuitive hunch Cancer, networking and other social weekend. Perhaps this is all to the time or at least a chance for a great may let you know where that special events can also be an aid to moving good! Lucky numbers: 04, 19, 40. occasion or celebration. Mercury's bargain is hiding out. Plus, this can be ahead and finding success. Finally, the move into Cancer spotlights creative a good week for collaboration on a Full Moon on Saturday could be the AQUARIUS: opportunities and enjoying cultural project that could be quite catalyst to help a romance take off. January 20 to February 18 entertainment. Lucky numbers: 20, demanding but worth your while. Lucky numbers: 09, 22, 85. The week ahead seems positive and 45, 78. When the Full Moon comes calling, you may want to pack up and travel, LIBRA: or at least consider going on an September 22 to October 23 adventure. Later, an attraction at work As Mars continues in your sign it's may set your heart fluttering. Lucky time to assert yourself and push your numbers: 12, 36, 49. own interests forward. However, the call of adventure and the thrill of GEMINI: romance might also tempt you away May 22 to June 21 from your plans and goals. Make time An invitation or fun social event for each this week and you can win could set the pace for the rest of the on both counts. Later, the Full Moon week, encouraging plenty of mixing brings feelings to a head on the and mingling. Along with this, you may domestic front. However, the chance hear news of a pay raise or contract to clear the air may help resolve key that could earn you some extra issues and leave peace in its wake. income. Things are looking up in this Lucky numbers: 06, 52, 73. regard if you're willing to take on extra work. Romantic options look set SCORPIO: to sparkle as a special aspect heats October 24 to November 21 up a budding liaison. You may have This is a good time to explore stars in your eyes by the time the learning options or think about weekend comes around. Lucky increasing your skill set, especially as numbers: 62, 86, 97. doing so could improve your chances for a better job and income. Plus, you CANCER may want to take travel plans to a new June 21 to July 21 stage by committing to purchasing You may be taking your leisure very tickets and booking rooms. seriously as a positive connection Regarding a relationship, your sex life encourages you to explore a new hobby sizzles, and for now things seem or pastime or dive into a luscious upbeat in this department. Take it easy romance. In this regard, the Full Moon around the Full Moon on Saturday, heightens feelings, enticing you to go with as hasty words could upset a the flow and say it like it is. You may feel friendship. Lucky numbers: 25, 66, vulnerable doing so, but your 98. connection with the special person could SAGITTARIUS: deepen as a result. Plus, as Mercury November 22 to December 21 shimmies into your sign, you'll find it easier Romantic options look good as a to sync with your gut instincts and turn promising transit brings a chance for them into action. Lucky numbers: 58, an unexpected meeting. Though in its 79, 92. early stages, an attraction could LEO: quickly develop as a result. However, July 24 to August 21 thoughts turn to financial management Sparkling social options show up, as the focus shifts to your zone of encouraging you to go on an adventure. shared resources. A chance to get Sunday, July 13, 2014 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] Page 13 World Cup 2014: Argentina Victory Would Complete Brazil's Humiliation Continued From Page 10 Sao Paulo rain rather than flowing football in the warmth of Belo Horizonte. Inside Arena de Sao Paulo, Brazil's famous yellow colours - so prominent at almost every game - appeared to have been airbrushed out of the scene. Their party is over. And in a tactical battle that only added to the entertainment deficit, Dutch coach 's plan to subdue Messi by shadowing him with first and then Jordy Clasie was so successful that the Argentine captain did not touch the ball in the penalty area through the 120 minutes before penalties. Wednesday's game proved more an occasion for Mascherano (right) than Messi So Germany will be favourites he could repeat his penalty of the World Cup he was very They are different players. on Sunday - but Argentina have a shootout heroics against Costa important but now he is not the Maradona has different tough spine to complement the Rica. First-choice keeper Jasper same. Mascherano is the characteristics but I think brilliance of Messi. They have Cillessen had never saved a support for the team." Messi needs this title." progressed from all four of their professional penalty before the And would a win place him The elements are in place for World Cup semi-finals and have shoot-out - he is still waiting. alongside Maradona, who also the finale this World Cup never trailed at this tournament. As Van Gaal prepares for the won one World Cup in Mexico deserves but for Brazil there is For Van Gaal and the Dutch, meaningless World Cup window in 1986? still that lingering fear that their there was only sadness. After dressing of Saturday's third-place "It is a very difficult question. pain may not be over. losing to Spain in the final four play-off against Brazil in Brasilia years ago, they are the nearly men before he takes up the manager's again. role at Manchester United, the There was sympathy in World Cup reaches its climax. particular for Aston Villa And for Messi, in particular, defender , whose this is the stage to confirm his magnificent performance did not status as the world's greatest deserve the fate of missing the player. Some still questioned first Dutch penalty, especially as him, wrongly, before this World Van Gaal seemed to suggest the Cup on the grounds he had never dubious honour only befell him quite distinguished himself at a because two other unnamed major tournament. Winning one team-mates declined. closes the debate. And the struggles of Robin van He did, however, look jaded Persie, who looked short of against the Dutch, as Argentine fitness, meant he had to be journalist Vicente acknowledged. removed, denying Van Gaal the "We need Messi in his best option of introducing substitute condition," he said. "Now he is goalkeeper in the hope tired. In the first three matches

We AMS To Please Page 14 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] - Sunday, July 13, 2014 Let Colombia End Its Civil War Continue From Page 11 alternative livelihoods become rural regions of the country as the Achieving durable reductions in Domestic political shakeups, sustainable. Not surprisingly FARC demobilizes and cedes poppy and coca crop cultivation though, threaten to disrupt this in these circumstances, many those territories. There is a for illicit drug production will progress. In the first round of growers return to the cultivation good chance that right-wing requireimplementing alternative Colombia’s presidential of coca and poppy crops. A more paramilitary successor groups livelihoods and connecting elections on May 25, sitting effective model would be to and criminal gangs will try to fill long-forgotten rural areas with president Juan Manuel Santos, offer a phasing out period and/or it. Establishing a positive state the national infrastructure. After who began the talks to the dismay subsidies to cultivators presence and providing basic decades of waging a largely of many former political allies, until meaningful alternative services will be a major ineffective “war on drugs” in came in second to conservative livelihoods are actually in place. challenge, especially in regions Colombia, will the United States hardliner Oscar Ivan Zuluaga. Yet while proper sequencing where the armed forces have allow its longtime ally to break Zuluaga, who is allied with on reducing crops for the illicit been the primary face of the with the prohibition-focused former president (and current market will need to be reviewed, state. model and explore alternatives to senator-elect) Alvaro Uribe, the parties get it right on local Because of these continued the current militarized approach? has made clear his skepticism involvement. Opting for what one challenges, the United States has Some of the most revolutionary towards the talks. While he has Colombian analyst described as an important role to play in the agreements in the accord, such as now softened his stance in “building the state from below,” implementation phase, both in all but ending aerial spraying, advance of the runoff election, the development program would supporting Colombia financially would challenge the existing U.S. his longtime opposition to the rely heavily on and actively and in granting the Colombian approach. process remains concerning. engage with local communities government political space to These questions, and the many Santos and Zuluaga will face off to ensure their participation— implement the accords—even more that will be raised as in a second-round vote on June and hence the program’s when they contradict U.S. policy the talks progress, will likely 15. sustainability. priorities. A State Department dismay hardliners in the U.S. The accord on the drug issue— The most monumental point communique on the drug policy government who are not ready declared a “partial agreement,” came with the government’s agreement, which highlights to shift drug control tactics. But as no individual agreements are concession to de-prioritize— the continuation of forced with little progress to show after final until all points on the agenda though not entirely retire—the eradication, raises questions decades of violence and billions have been agreed upon—is little destructive and ineffective aerial about whether the United of dollars spent, the Colombian short of historic. The language, herbicide spraying of coca crops, States will help or hinder the and FARC negotiators have made which was agreed upon by both opting first for alternative advancement of the peace an important step toward ending parties, reflects a significant shift development and manual process. decades of violence. The United away from the prohibitionist eradication before spraying Nearly two of every three aid States should stand ready to approach to drug policy. crops. In more than a decade of dollars destined for Colombia support Colombia, both Adopting some of the proposals its use in Colombia, aerial goes to the public security financially and politically, in of the growing community spraying has served only to forces. 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