Suchergebnisse

Introduction: challenging American exceptionalism -- The longest war: U.S. military influence in Colombia, 1952-1995 -- War on the frontier -- How Plan Colombia was sold -- "We want a witness" : accompaniment in San José de Apartadó -- Mapping our war: where did U.S. aid in Colombia go? -- Killing the future -- Projects of life -- Massacre aftermath and cover-up -- Widespread and systematic: the dynamics of "legalized" murder -- The United States effect: impacts on "false positive" killings -- Investigation of the massacre -- An encounter with power -- Judicial warfare -- U.S. policy lessons -- Conclusion: the arc of impunity

Focuses on environmental, policy, and human rights dimensions of the activities of the U.S. military in Panama, analyzing the guiding mythologies and racial stereotypes behind the US's colonialism in the region.

En visperas de la transferencia del Canal de Panama a los panamenos, la derecha de los Estados Unidos, en un intento por mantener el control sobre el istmo, invocaba el fantasma de un caos inminente. El Canal y las bases militares son ya de Panama. Con el cambio de dueno, se abre un abanico de desafios grandes, medianos y pequenos. Uno de ellos, dejar o no que regresen a territorio panameno los militares de Estados Unidos. (Envio/DÜI)

Discusses explosives and chemical munitions on former US military bases and ranges in the former Panama Canal Zone; issues of responsibility and disposal.