Drugs, Political Violence and Human Rights in Latin America: A Colombian Case Study

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Moderator
Ms. Nicci Young
Drugs and national Security Colloquium

Interlocutor
Dr. Rensselaer Lee

Panelists

Colombia and 'The War on Drugs'
Dr. Bruce M. Bagley
A professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Miami, he is the director of the Andean Studies Project at the Institute of Inter-American Studies. His recent articles include, Colombia and the War on Drugs (Foreign Affairs, Fall 1988) and "The New Hundred Years War? U.S. National Security and the War on Drugs in Latin America" (The Journal of Interamerican studies & World Affairs, Winter 1988)

Drug Trafficking, Political Violence & Democracy in Colombia

'The War on Drugs:' Misunderstandings and Misperceptions
Mr. Guy Gugliotta
The Pulitzer Prize winner foreign correspondent of the Miami Herald, for 1988-89 he won both the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for Investigative Reporting and the Society for Professional Journalists Award for Foreign Correspondents, for a series exposing the Medellin cocaine cartel. He is the co-author (with Jeffrey Leen) of the forthcoming book, The Kings of Cocaine.

Mr. Rafael Pardo
The Presidential Counselor for Rehabilitation, Reconciliation and Normalization for President Barco of Colombia. He recently met with the M-19 guerilla movement on behalf of the government.

Mr. Rodrigo Pardo
The Presidential Adviser for human rights to President Barco of Colombia

Mr. Gabriel Silva-Lujan

U.S. - Colombian Relations
Dr. Juan Gabriel Tokatlian
The Director of the Center of International Studies, University of the Andes, and professor of international relations, he is the co-author of Contadora: the Limits to Negotiations. His most recent article is National Security and Drugs: Their Impact on Colombian-U.S. Relations.