Colombia in 2003
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Case Details:
Case Code : ECOA106
Case Length : 15 Pages
Period : 2003
Organization : -
Pub Date : 2003
Teaching Note :Not Available
Countries : Colombia, Latin America
Industry : -
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If we don't drive out drugs, drugs will destroy our freedom and our ecology, and the hope of living in peace will be no more than an illusion
- Alvaro Uribe, President1.
Introduction
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Colombia, the fifth-largest country in Latin America by area, and the third largest by population (with 41million people) was the world's second largest supplier of coffee and cut flowers.
For much of the past century, Colombia had been a rare model of Latin American economic stability and success. It had one of the highest credit ratings among countries in the region. In recent times, the Colombian economy had been in recession, with soaring unemployment. Colombia had also become notorious for its two interrelated problems
- drugs, law and order. The security forces controlled only about half of the country. Out of 1100 municipalities, 180 did not have any police or army presence.
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The murder rate, which climbed steadily in the 1980s, had tapered during the 1990s. But relative to the population, it was the world's highest. In 2000, the police recorded 3,707 kidnaps, or roughly ten every day, well over triple the number in 19962. The guerrillas were responsible for about 60% of these. Colombia's main oil pipeline was blown up 170 times in 2001...
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