Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

Overview

Ed Asner narrates this documentary about U.S. involvement in Colombia's drug trafficking and civil unrest. The film examines the impact of chemical spraying and military funding and reveals alternate U.S. interests. Features interviews with Noam Chomsky, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, Colombian Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Congressmen John Conyers and Jim McGovern, U.S. State Department officials, guerilla leaders and others.

Details

Cast

Ed Asner

Narrator (voice)

Ingrid Betancourt

Self

William R. Brownfield

Self

Noam Chomsky

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William Hartung

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Adam Isaacson

Self

Alfred W. McCoy

Self

Sanho Tree

Self

Paul Wellstone

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James H. Williams

Self