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The Drug Wars in Colombia

The Drug Wars in Colombia. Regional Governments of Colombia. The Official Currency of Colombia is the Peso (COP) $1US = 1822 Pesos (Sept 2, 2012). Important Presidents in fighting the drug wars in Colombia: Alvaro Uribe : 2002-2010.

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The Drug Wars in Colombia

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  1. The Drug Wars in Colombia

  2. Regional Governments of Colombia.

  3. The Official Currency of Colombia is the Peso (COP)$1US = 1822 Pesos (Sept 2, 2012)

  4. Important Presidents in fighting the drug wars in Colombia: Alvaro Uribe: 2002-2010

  5. Current President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos: from 7th August 2010

  6. Why were the drug wars more violent & enduring in Colombia? For most of the 1980s, 90s & early 2000s, the Colombian government was engaged in civil war which involved the following groups: • FARC (left wing rebels) • ELN (left wing rebels) • AUC (right wing paramilitaries) Under President Uribe, the FARC rebels were brought under control. The current President Santos is trying to negotiate a long term peace agreement with the FARC.

  7. Internet Activity: FARC, ELN & AUC In order to understand the situation in Colombia complete research on the above groups. Write an extended paragraph (150) words) on each group which covers: • Year the group was founded. • Full Spanish & English name for the group. • Summary of their political beliefs & goals • Their involvement in the drug wars • Allegations of human rights violations.

  8. THE HISTORICAL IMPACT OF THE DRUGS WARS ON THE COLOMBIAN ECONOMY • Violence financed by drug trafficking contributed to a loss of about $24 billion from Colombia’s $100 billion annual GDPin the early 2000s. (Source: Index of Economic Freedom 2004)

  9. What do you think is happening in this photo?

  10. On the flat expanse of a soccer field in the middle of the town of Monserrate a farmer dries his cocaine base in the sun. With most people breaking the law here, there's no need to hide.

  11. Cocaine Economy A gram and a half of cocaine base—worth about a dollar and a half locally—buys breakfast for each of these men at a street market in Santa Fe. During the dry season, when the coca plants produce few leaves and the production of cocaine base declines, dealers come to town infrequently and cash runs short. People then begin to use base instead of pesos—2.5 grams buys toilet paper, 12 settles a doctor's bill, 62.5 scores a new pair of running shoes.

  12. QUALITY CONTROL Before buying a farmer's cocaine base, a dealer cooks a sample in a spoon to see if it has been processed properly. A good product simmers quietly, and the dealer will pay top dollar for it—about $1,500 for a bag that contains a kilogram and a half, a bit more than three pounds. Base made with dirty ingredients snaps loudly. The dealer may reject it entirely or buy it at a lower price and reprocess it. Complex chemistry in a secret lab will turn the base into cocaine. Depending on the quality and the availability of the final product, the street value in the U.S. and Europe may range from $20 to $225 a gram.

  13. Colombia exports more than 500 tonnes of cocaine every year

  14. Historical Case Studies: Fighting the Drug Wars MIAMI (AP) -- Federal investigators say they've found about 20-thousand dollars worth of cocaine disguised as snack-sized bags of peanuts on an Avianca flight from Colombia to Miami. 31st October 2003

  15. What is the purpose of these planes?

  16. Coca leaves are the raw ingredient for cocaine

  17. A campesino's house overlooks a cocafield in Putumayo.

  18. A fumigated coca field in Putumayo where onlyeight percent of U.S. aid is for alternative crops.

  19. The citrus fruit from the lulo plant is used to makejuice drinks. This plant in Putumayo waskilled by the aerial fumigation.

  20. Coca leaves are taken to remote cocaineprocessing labs like this small onelocated in the Putumayo jungle.

  21. The coca leaves are soaked in water, sodiumbicarbonate and kerosene. The liquid and acid is then drained leaving a light brown coca paste.

  22. The coca paste is dissolved in hydrochloric orsulphuric acid. Potassium permanganate mixedwith water is added to the paste and acid solution.

  23. The solution is filtered and the remaining precipitate isdiscarded. Ammonia water is added to the filteredsolution and another precipitate is formed.

  24. The liquid is drained and the remaining precipitateis heated, dried and broken up into small pieces.

  25. The resulting powder is called cocaine baseand is 90 percent pure cocaine.

  26. The cocaine base is weighed and bagged forshipping to another lab where hydrochloric aciddiluted in acetone or ether will be added tocrystallize the cocaine and create the finalproduct called cocaine hydrochloride.

  27. These six packages weigh almost four kilos. Afterthe final stage of processing turns it into cocainehydrochloride, drug traffickers will ship thecocaine to the United States.

  28. What does this propaganda poster say about US involvement in Colombia?

  29. What was Plan Colombia? Evaluate the success of this program

  30. What is the main message from this cartoon?

  31. Who was Pablo Escobar?Why was he so powerful in Colombia in the 1980s?

  32. The Organizational Structure of a Drug Cartel

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