Chemical Warfare in Colombia: The Costs of Coca Fumigation

by Sue Branford

Book Overview

While the US wages the 'War on Terror' in the Middle East, it is conducting a terror campaign of its own closer to home. Chemical spraying is being used in Colombia as a deterrent and to destroy 'illicit' coca crops. But most people growing coca are poor campesinos with no alternatives to make a living. Whole towns, rivers, livestock and legitimate food crops have been sprayed and livelihoods destroyed by these US-administered fumigation programmes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1899365680
• ISBN13: 9781899365685
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Latin America Bureau (Lab)
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.9"