Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

Overview

Ed Asner narrates this documentary about U.S. involvement in Colombia's drug trafficking and civil unrest. The film examines the impact of chemical spraying and military funding and reveals alternate U.S. interests. Features interviews with Noam Chomsky, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, Colombian Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Congressmen John Conyers and Jim McGovern, U.S. State Department officials, guerilla leaders and others.

Directed by Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman

Top cast

Ed Asner

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Ingrid Betancourt

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William R. Brownfield

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Noam Chomsky

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William Hartung

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Adam Isaacson

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Alfred W. McCoy

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Sanho Tree

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Paul Wellstone

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James H. Williams

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