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Plan Colombia, to be understood properly, should be located in a historical perspective both with relation to Colombia as well as in relation to the recent conflicts in Central America. Plan Colombia is both “new” policy and a continuation of past U.S. involvement in Colombia.

The images and realities of US intellectual and political experience as reflected in the columns of rightwing journalists in Europe is highly simplified if not outright distorted.

On September 11, the mass media presented the world with images of human tragedy ? individuals jumping out of windows, buildings collapsing, and heroic firemen and policemen dying in attempts to rescue victims.