Despite U.S. efforts to stem the drug trade in Colombia, including a record appropriation of assistance in fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the problem continues to grow and "become more complex," the General Accounting Office states in a new report. Moreover, while U.S. aid has given Colombia much-needed capabilities, "it has sometimes been of limited utility because of long-standing problems in planning and implementing this assistance," the report states. For example, helicopters provided by the State Department to the Colombian...
