Don't know the exact figures
They are on the US state department site if you really want to know.
Much of it was associated with drug eradication, educating farmers how to grow other cash crops, supporting the military, some road construction, improving telecommunications infrastructure, housing for displaced civil war victims, eduction and other social/medical programs.
Whatever, Uribe has made good use of his close ties with the US. GW has proposed a free trade greement with Colombia and it is getting very good press locally.
[QUOTE=AddictedToWomen]The spraying of toxic chemicals, banned in the US, on land and people in Colombia didn't go down well with the politically-aware citizens.
Do you now how much of that 8 billion could be spent anywhere? Or was it tied to particular US suppliers?
Looks like money well spent anyway...[/QUOTE]
Just when I was getting very excited about my upcoming trip to MDE!
The dollar was almost at 2200, In the last week it has take a MAJOR CRAP NOSE DIVE and is hovering at 2000 and predicted to go lower! I mean W.T.F.??
If you exchanged lets say $1000 usd @ 2200 = 2,200,000
NOW $1000 usd @ 2000 = 2,000,000
That is a difference of 200,000 mil pesos,,, thats like 4 ST or 2 or more TLN'S.. This really sucks..