Because of September 11th, the Bush Administration announced plans to provide military training and equipment to Colombia as part of the fight against terrorism, in addition to funding already provided to the Colombian government for anti-narcotics efforts. The Bush Administration has delivered millions of dollars in military assistance to the Colombian military despite the Colombian government's failure to meet human rights conditions established by the U.S. Congress. On Tuesday, June 20th, 2002, the U.S. Senate voted by a margin of 89 to 11 to reject an amendment that would have removed $225 million of military aid for Columbia and redirected that money toward drug treatment and prevention programs in the United States. Later another amendment proposing the money going to military aid of Columbia be dropped from $1 billion to $200 million was defeated by a vote of 79 to 19. These votes had shattered the hopes of those who wanted to improve the human rights in Columbia. Why is it necessary to support a country who violates human rights laws with one billion dollars worth of military aid when the money can go towards bettering the nation?

The US military aid will go to fund a Columbian military unit to pursue paramilitary leadership in a time when the Columbian army continues to condone and support paramilitary as an integral part of its strategy, and this its self is just going in a circle to help the problem. When the Columbian army supports this paramilitary unit and the US funded military goes after this group it will only cause more conflict within the country.

In 1985 poor human rights conditions took the lives of about 60,000 people in Columbia. Today, that number reaches about 20 a day. The situation has reached a new low in February 2002 when the peace

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