New Priorites Needed for US Foreign Policy in Colombia

This was a paper I wrote for a class in my senior year of high school, in 2002. My views on the conflict in Colombia have changed since I wrote this, leaving me more sympathetic to the FARC and less sympathetic towards the US. However you can tell that I had a liberal perspective on the conflict, as I wanted the US to focus more on peace and ending poverty than the 'war on drugs.'