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A Colombia profile was prepared under the Country Studies/Area Handbook program of the U.S. Department of the Army.

Recent media coverage of Plan Colombia includes:

U.S. pilots fight coca in Colombia For Americans under contract in an anti-drug plan, attacks go with the job (The New York Times)

U.S. pilots in Colombia say they're not 'Rambo' They are just ordinary crop dusters—whose target is the world's biggest cocaine industry (Reuters)

Drug crop-spraying debate heats up Opponents say the plan poses health risks while the U.S. ambassador warns that aid could be withheld (Associated Press)

Colombia rebels claim kidnappings of three Germans Admission links their July 18 abduction to Washington's backing of a Colombian anti-drug offensive (Associated Press)

Previous Christianity Today articles on Colombia include:

Hostage Pastor Released Unharmed In Colombia | Wife pledges to stay in Colombia because the kidnappers cannot stop the Lord's work. (August 20, 2001)

Fate of Kidnapped Colombian Pastor Still Unknown | FARC suspected, but so far there has been no word from Gomez's abductors. (March 13, 2001)

Colombian Guerilla Offers No Clues to Missionaries' Fate | FBI says that Medina has no information on kidnapped New Tribes missionaries. (Feb. 23, 2001)

Another Prominent Pastor Kidnapped in Colombia | Family believes kidnapping is God's will so that Gomez's can witness to his abductors. (Feb. 23, 2001)

Break in Missionary Kidnapping Case | Captured Colombian guerilla may hold key to U.S. missionaries' fate. (Dec. 4, 2000)

Colombian Pastor Released After Paying Ransom | Ransom arrangement a tough decision for churches and missions. (Sept. 9, 2000)

Plan for Peace in Colombia Is a Plan 'For Death,' Say Church Activists | Will U.S. military assistance in destroying coca fields only increase violence? (Aug. 15, 2000)

Death in the Night | Colombia's pastors endure extortion, kidnappings, and threats as they plant churches and help the poor in a war zone. (June 6, 2000)

Colombia's Bleeding Church | Despite the murders of 120 church leaders, Christians are fighting for peace in one of the world's most violent nations. (May 18, 1998)

Fate of Kidnapped Missionaries Still Unresolved | Colombia remains thought to end questions are not human after all. (Mar. 29, 2000)

Twenty-five Pastors Killed This Year (Oct. 4, 1999)

Christians Held As Hostages

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September 3 2001, Vol. 45, No. 11