Trouble for Plan Colombia

摘要

The crop-dusting planes of the Colombian police were back in the air this week, dumping clouds of weedkiller on drug crops, after a judge softened a ban that had grounded the flights for several days. But among both Colombian and American politicians opposition is growing to the controversial crop-spraying programme—the central pillar of Plan Colombia, an attempt, backed by the United States, to tackle drugs and guerrillas.