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Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Ana Arana |
Fighting drugs with choppers and poison Even advocates of U.S. military aid think the anti-narcotics package will only unravel the peace with Colombian guerrillas.   |
Salon.com
December 5, 2000
Ana Arana |
Ground zero in the Colombian drug war The U.S.-backed Plan Colombia will soon touch down in a region battered by civil war and central to the cocaine trade -- will it ignite the conflict? |
Salon.com
August 28, 2000
Ana Arana |
War on drugs 1, human rights 0 On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Colombia, critics say Washington cares more about its war on drugs than human rights. |
Salon.com
September 1, 2000
Arianna Huffington |
An eerie campaign silence Bush and Gore should tell us where they stand on the ugly $1.3 billion drug war offensive in Colombia that the next president will have to face. |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Bruce Shapiro |
The corruption of Col. James Hiett When the commander of U.S. anti-drug efforts in Colombia got involved in drug running, Congress should have rethought its massive military aid bill -- but it didn't. |
National Defense
March 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Army's Old Huey Choppers Getting a New Lease on Life The U.S. Army had planned to get rid of all its UH-1 Huey helicopters, which began flying in the late 1950s--almost half a century ago--by September of this year. Now, however, the service is awaiting the results of a major review of the service's entire aviation program, ordered in November by its chief of staff, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, and all bets are off. |
Salon.com
July 16, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Good morning, Colombia Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity... |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Jeff Stein |
The unquiet death of Jennifer Odom The Pentagon says the Army pilot's crash in Colombia last July was a "mishap," but her family believes she was shot down -- the first of many soldiers likely to die in our undeclared war. |
National Defense
February 2012
Dan Parsons |
Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Next Steps for Congressional Action Reconciliation of reform bills looms. Will Schapiro get fiduciary authority she wants? |
Salon.com
August 30, 2000
Mark Schapiro |
Panama wants to stay out of the drug war Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003 |
Clash in Colombia Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who has been cracking down on a 39-year-old guerrilla insurgency and the country's cocaine producers since he came to power in August, 2002, is now clashing head-on with human-rights groups. |
Salon.com
April 24, 2001
Jeff Stein |
Treachery over the Andes The downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru raises questions about whether we can trust our drug-war allies -- and the families of soldiers who died in Colombia say the answer is no... |
Fast Company
October 2009
Tim McKeough |
Sikorsky's X2 Technology Doubles Chopper Speed The typical helicopter today chugs along at a respectable 150 miles per hour. With its aptly named X2 Technology, chopper maker Sikorsky hopes to have new helicopters flying nearly twice as fast. |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010 |
Marxists with a Better Business Plan The Colombian guerrilla army FARC is raking in billions by directly supplying cocaine to Mexican drug cartels. |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Michael Easterbrook |
What are we fighting for? Colombia's civil war puts children on the front lines... |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
A Rough New Year for Congress Let's preview the political implications for financial regulatory reform and the market. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Embraer's Defense Deal Investors shouldn't expect a ton of major military deals for this Brazilian plane maker. Investors, take note. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2010
Kristen French |
Dodd to Introduce Financial Regulatory Overhaul Bill Monday, without Republican Support He's still hopeful that negotiations with Republican Senators will prove successful. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007 |
Hail Colombia An outpouring of reactions - from gratitude to revulsion - to a recent story about Colombian lawmakers and businessmen had just been arrested for their alleged links to paramilitaries who murdered hundreds of citizens. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Melanie Waddell |
The Effect of Dodd's Retirement Opinions vary as to what Senator Christopher Dodd's retirement, announced in January, will mean for financial services and healthcare reform. |
National Defense
December 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Air Force Chopper Pilot Training Splits From Army After more than three decades of learning the ropes alongside Army pilots at the flight school in Fort Rucker, Ala., the Air Force has chosen its own training program for novice helicopter aviators. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2004
Roy Mark |
Anti-Offshoring Fever in Senate Partisan bickering delays legislation to end EU trade penalty tariffs imposed this week on U.S. goods. |
Reason
June 2005
Toby Muse |
Legalize Now! War-weary Colombia--and its Conservative Party--consider ending the drug war. |
National Defense
May 2012
Dan Parsons |
Special Operations Boost Demand for Helicopters Special operations forces have a dedicated fleet of tricked-out helicopters at their disposal, but as their workload grows, they are increasingly reliant on conventional aircraft to get their jobs done. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003 |
A Financial Squeeze For Colombia Is Colombia heading toward default on its $40 billion in government debt? That's the question investors are asking following the Oct. 25 defeat of a referendum that would have given reformist President Alvaro Uribe authority to overhaul Colombia's state bureaucracy. |
