Reflexión Política ISSN: 0124-0781
[email protected] Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga Colombia Rojas, Catalina WHAT IS THE WAR ON (T) ERRORISM ? "US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS COLOMBIA IN THE POST-SEPTEMBER 11 WORLD: THE END OF THE PEACE TALKS, THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW-OLD WAR" Reflexión Política, vol. 4, núm. 7, junio, 2002 Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga Bucaramanga, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11040707 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative US foreign policy towards Colombia in the post-September 11 world: the end of the peace talks, the beginning of the new-old war Catalina Rojas Introduction This paper seeks to analyze the changes of US foreign policy towards Latin America in general, and Colombia in particular in the post-September 11 world and its implications for the termination of the peace process. In order to explore the number of variables involved in such complex analysis the text is divided into two sections. Each section is based on a response to a particular question that will describe the most relevant facts and further deepen the discussion over the rationale and frameworks behind the policies. The questions are: Does peace in Colombia comply with the US regional hegemonic aspirations? The topics to be covered here are US interventionism before and after September 11, with special attention in identifying the flaws within the Drug War Framework, more specifically the implementation of Plan Colombia.