How Colombia's War On Drugs Escalated To Full Blown Civil War

Faces of the Colombian War (2010): Possibly the most downplayed conflict of today, the forty-year-old Colombian war shows no signs of ceasing. It's fed by a billion dollar drug trade, political division and an international land battle.
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The conflict is no longer about ideology. Its a battle of powers, a battle for territory. It began as a war between left-wing guerrillas - hoping to establish a communist state and right-wing paramilitary groups funded by the wealthy. Yet both sides lost support when the violence intensified. "I lost my entire family", says Anna, whose town was hit by forty guerrilla bombs. Those who weren't killed were evicted from valuable land and sent to urban slums. Accion Social the governments aid program for the displaced - has done little to help. And the US's half a billion dollars a year in aid may have indirectly funded the paramilitary death squads associated with President Uribe. With cocaine production still on the rise and much of the land claimed by paramilitary groups now used by international agribusinesses, could there be a financial incentive for the ongoing war? Paramilitary narco-trafficking has never ended, because the government is supporting them. And as an even more violent paramilitary rise to claim their piece of the profits, its only the 4 million displaced Columbians, who stand to lose.
Lagan Serbert, Huffington Post Investigative Fund - Ref. 4730
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[@frankz3908]

10/10 production, I walked away learning a lot, thank you

[@norbertwilfredban6743]

Totally agree!

[@dr5102]

So happy to see the music group ChocQuibTown doing REALLY great now in 2019 bless you guys🙏🏾🔥👑

[@thedownhillerboy]

This was a truly sad documentary about this beautiful country that Colombia is... I hope that these people can find tranquility and some happiness in their lives any time soon... One big hug,strength and courage from a Portuguese downhiller emigrant in Holland to all the Colombians,specially for the ones who are displaced...

[@carlosponce282]

Absolutely amazing documentary🙌

[@mayjort9683]

That pore little baby 🥺😢 God bless your beautiful soul🙌🙏

[@StreetLevelByKristen]

i cry all the video, this is so sad , now I understand more about the consequences of that war .

[@lemankurtz8950]

Colombia, it must be the most beautiful Country in the World. The contrast between that and its Militant groups vying for power truly a dichotomy.

[@3SixxO]

Thank you, I hope professors share this video so those pursuing international relations can create solutions

[@alejandropreciado1814]

Legalize cocaine.

[@treasuredpossesion9047]

@@alejandropreciado1814 consumption of cocaine has more disadvantages than advantages, so I don't see it happening in the near future

[@norbertwilfredban6743]

Agree with you. Very very sad.

[@mtime6]

I'm not really a fan of when Journey man uses old video to to describe new events, as the statistics in the video are mostly wrong because they are outdated. For one thing, Colombia no longer produces the most cocaine. Another thing is that the violence has decreased significantly Also the FARC are on the verge of collapse. It's a good video, but remember that it is old and outdated statistically.

[@KlausBioMadsen]

Como se llama la cancion que estan cantando en 19:45? What's the name of the song at the end? It's heaps good, thanks!

[@Edanielotero]

Klaus Asbjørn Madsen “Busco personas”

[@2011blueman]

This video was outdated 4 years ago when it was release (film in video is from 6-7 years ago and is discussing what was happening a decade ago) . Why did Journeyman put this out so many years later?

[@metal5666666]

The original video was taken down. And it was re-post it.

[@ostapbendervan7874]

The rights DOCUMENT SHOT AND SOLD IF YOU LOOK CLOSE YOU CAN SEE YOU THINK #TRT WENT COLUMBUS,OHIO ALMOST 88% DOCU SHOT AND SOLD THEN U ADD AL JAZEERA IN NETHERLANDS THIS BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT AFTER EDITIN WHO CARES U HAVE STUFF ON TUBE 10 YEARE OLD

[@LionheartOC]

Next time you buy drugs think of what your addiction is making tons of families suffer n lose their homes, family members, "everything".

[@moabwereldwijd6711]

LionheartOC It's not an indivual problem. What you consume won't let one murder happen. For example in Colombia's most violent year 1992 25,000 murders 1992 6500 tons of cocaine produced Meaning 260 kilo's of cocaine per murder The average person consumed 200 grams Meaning that if you'd use cocaine for 1300 years you'd be responsible for one murder.

[@PaintballVideosNet]

My addiction has helped feed hundreds of families in Colombia

[@naturalsunrider6660]

You can think of it next time you buy anything from gasoline to diamonds to leather to phones to computers to........ANYTHING

[@ronaldblack1902]

LionheartOC .....I understand the lows of addiction, I was addicted to marijuana off and on for 30 years, finally I let Jesus, step in and now I am short of a few months short of being clean for a year....AMEN!!!!

[@sunshinepatsoph4219]

no..

[@jhonedinsonmenapalacios7241]

I am from Colombia, from the department of chocó. My opinion is that narcoterrorism is the main cause of death, over than any other disease or epidemic in our nation.

[@carensalazar]

I'm Colombian (from Bogota) and I think the joyful of the people is the best thing that we can share with the word, our music is a heritage of the world. Creativity is the definition of us. We should be focus on the quality of being in accordance with the law, we need a legality mindset. The government has to provide equity oportunities and make deep changes on agrobusinesses.

[@sergiohincapie.3718]

Hello Edison! I'm from Colombia, from Antioquia. In my opinion we are a very rich country : people's cheerful, beautiful cities, there are biodiversity... and there is not only terrorism and drugs. Our country is very very rich, come and you will see it!

[@carlosmolina4210]

hello Edison! I'm from Antioquia. Colombia is a country of kind people. I am happy to be Colombian. We are a country with diverse land scapes and unique animals. Joy is our only drug.

[@stigma2936]

@@carlosmolina4210 - You lie.

[@durkadurka9573]

1.50 omg poor baby i feel so sad that i cried ....omg very very sad ...shit mann

[@ostapbendervan7874]

Stop #PLANPARENTHOOD

[@airbornelib]

When was this filmed?

[@treasuredpossesion9047]

2009

[@thearabunity]

thats so sad columbian people are very nice and their country is beautiful i wish you the best and hope u find peace

[@AAAA-zz5sr]

name of the song?

[@WiseSilverWolf]

8:28 that looks like a German World War I helmet (black helmet with the spike on it), why would that be part of their uniform? wasnt Columbia a Spanish colony?

[@CanisLupusSteparium]

That's the Presidential Guard battalion. It is my understanding that some South American nations like Chile and Colombia received military training from Prussia after their independence from Spain. That's why the ceremonial uniform still looks Prussian/German.

[@CanisLupusSteparium]

asrafoo Some macroeconomic indices have shown consistent improvement. That impacts some sectors of the society. Unfortunately, the distribution of new wealth among the general population is still far from efficient. I have to disagree with your model of "whitey=bad, non-whitey=good." As convenient as it may be, it isn't very accurate in the Colombian case. Taking into consideration that both the "half Miami based elite" and the people struggling to make a living are highly multiethnic.

[@MrMattyB16]

John Alvarez I spent this past summer there. It's a great country with a proud and friendly people. I felt very safe in the various cities I visited and can't wait to return there. I was advised by my friends who live there to stay out of certain rural areas, but was otherwise safe. I felt exactly as you did when I saw this video. This should have been posted years ago.

[@weedbogota8646]

now colombia is safe for holyday

[@nickorozco4301]

I feel very very sorry for these people.

[@norbertwilfredban6743]

The Colombians have been unjustly subjected to unbearable magnitude of suffering equivalent to genocide by the minority in power. These inhuman actions triggered by greed by the few must stop. More global pressure and intervention must be given in the name of humanity. So so sad God bless them. Thank you for the great coverage.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Large landowners didn't back the Right or the military. That comes from the middle classes. The military wanted to redistribute land but the Left, fearful of success, fought it. They want to control all land, not redistribute it.

[@llddau]

It is ColOmbia not ColUmbia. I’m not sure about trusting info coming from this now. Also as it is outdated obviously, but I’ll watch anyway. My friend is from Bogota, and has told me a much more detailed account of this history as well.

[@robyg7037]

Between the impoverished farmer on one end and the desperate junkie on the other, lies a tangled chain of criminals, politicians and drug warriors. The product of a world where drugs are illegal and addicts are plentiful. And with all the corruption and greed that has created its own public Narco state. Its hard to imagine these countries drug based economies any other way.

[@Josh7A1C]

An outdated documentary. What is the situation as of now and why post this four years later?

[@dawitketema4150]

The resource curse

[@RejectedGlobe]

Um this is a very old video published not too long ago. Uribe is not even the president. This video is more than 5 years old or even more and a new one needs to made and published instead. Too old

[@blaquentgruppe6547]

Notice 2010 made Then i can publish it 2034

[@vitruviansolace1213]

The U.S. even if their operation in Columbia is lost, still has raw opium yields at optimized rates from Burma and Afghanistan; but Columbia is the only viable source for mass Coca (Cocaine) cultivation. Bolivia, would be the second most logical source of Coca plantations, however Washington’s treatment of their first indigenous president: Evo Morales; has irreparably damaged his willingness to cooperate with what he and many in South America see as Imperial Norte Americano aggression leaving only Peru. For this reason the School of the Americas and the U.S. Southern Command must be assertively aiming to sabotage any conventions between the FARC and Santos' government that might result in an armistice; being held in Havana no less. Securing Afghanistan's lithium mineral mines and it's poppy production which is now at 98% since invasion, where by it may then be synthesized into pure refined Heroin has certainly been lucrative for the Opiate pharmaceutical industry and the clandestine operations distributors; I'd say however that the demand for Cocaine in the United States is much more insatiable therefore some agrarian paramilitaries interfering with U.S. profits has left some in Langley quite unsettled indeed.

[@lemankurtz8950]

Other nations always blame larger, richer nations for not being able to solve their own problems. Has America historically interfered in Latin America? Of course.....by varying degrees over the years. This is what nations with power do....look at Russia and their satellite states....China...fucking England for 200 years. Anyway, the lesson here is....get your house in order. Unite the ppl against U.S. intervention foreign or domestic.... Clear your country of these fucking atrocities. You can't blame the outside world for everything.

[@asuwish0000]

hahaha how can you watch a documentary and accept it as an educated depiction of truth when right at the beginning 0:12 they don't even spell the name of the country correctly.

[@stigma2936]

@Joe Mamma - In a Documentary?

[@brandonlamontcooper8141]

Those children deserve so much more

[@blaquentgruppe6547]

YOU DONT SEE MAIN ISSUE?FROM HERE TO AFRICA U ALL BLIND MAY I ASK WHY HAVIN 9 F KIDS THEN I WATCHIN HILLS OF MEDELLIN ALL LIL GIRLS HAVIN F KIDS,FOLLOWIN MOM NOTICE NO DADS DO U NOTICE..9 OK WITH YOU.YOU PEOPLE LOVE HUMBLE,NICE SO SWEET N CALM KIDS LACKING #OXYTOCIN why they so docile

[@mprice67]

This film is defending the paramilitaries like the paramilitary was a good thing. OMG. Was this made by Uribe's friends?

[@sunshinepatsoph4219]

NO IT WAS MADE FOR NEUTRAL PEOPLE, WHO DO NOT TAKES SIDES!!

[@poseypapusdiazfamily4630]

Govs don't do decriminalization because with dramma they take more power and money too.

[@_.13_]

America is to blame.

[@HyvesTVShows1]

This is really YELLOW PRESS I'm Colombian and I've lived in this country from I was a child, and I perfectly know this country suffered a lot during the end of the last century, but this country has totally changed, we're a new nation now, you must visit it for judging by yourself, European and North America immigration is being increased more and more everyday because they can see how changed we are

[@herrredbaron8961]

I belive you.When im bigger and i make some money ill visit Colombia ;)

[@durkadurka9573]

is there any chance for us to come there and do buisness ...like opening restaurants or shops ? as a foreign national

[@HyvesTVShows1]

Durka Durka Yeah, it always success in Colombian cities, if you go to El Poblado in Medellín you'll find a lot of foreign restaurants that earn a lot of money, also in Laureles, Envigado, Los Colores, Sabaneta, the Center, Buenos Aires, and other sectors are perfect for this kind of Business. In Bogota you can do it successfully in the northern part. Cartagena is good as well. etc--

[@sunshinepatsoph4219]

It was not in 2007 the new explosion of cocaine ..it was in 2012.

[@fabi57iamracer]

in those shantytown another war start for those people

[@affablegiraffable]

this is an echo of the 1800's

[@michaelvrede8814]

I've got cocaine running around in my brain. It's a sad Song in reality ...

[@williamnezol8125]

When will people wise up and legalize and regulate. The law's on drugs cause way more harm then the actual drugs wake up people prohibition doesn't work.

[@ostapbendervan7874]

No no U wanna see Vancouver hardcore downtown Dirty libs cuddle must stop I'm AGAINST drugs UNLESS you try Stop you madness

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

sad

[@rasul407]

Colombia lost 200.000 people in 50 years. Syria lost 400.000 in 6 years...

[@vivalatradicion8476]

DJ Rossi Mossi you are forgetting about the cartel deaths making it 4.5 million deaths

[@mucharejo1guacharacas338]

Ok that's more like it, 4.5 millions ++++++

[@blaquentgruppe6547]

107 comments ,not one address havin 6 kids per

[@durkadurka9573]

Colombian people listen ...there should be no negotiations with terrorist ...all of your people must unite and get rid of all unlawful terrorist and right wing left wing groups ...also the narcos

[@seferino]

1) very old and outdated documentary, 2) Colombia didn't have a civil war , its a conflict between some rebel groups and the government, 4) I wish we had a civil war , that way conflict would have ended a lot quicker, 5) the only thing they have right is that Colombia is a very beautiful and fertile country

[@luckyman3384]

Black people all of the world have a country

[@jonapleseid7393]

0:09 ColUmbia? Really guys? C'mon

[@ostapbendervan7874]

Worry about OVERBREEDING most PEOPLE know the DIFFERENCE calm down COLUMBIANS BRITISH COLUMBIA OR.COLOMBIA HOLY CHRIST I DONT EVEN NOW ONE SEC MIUST.LOOK AT ID

[@nyisaminn7640]

သြော်....ကိုလံဘီယာဆိုတာကလည်း ဒါမျိုးတွေနဲ့အသက်မွေးတဲ့ ဘဝတွေက ရှိကြသေးတာပဲနော်..တိုးတက်ကြီးကျယ် ပါတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ အမေရိကတိုက်ကြီးရယ်

[@fabi57iamracer]

jjajajajaja my lovely country sad but true

[@kevinestebanibanezperez9392]

COCAlombia

[@blaquentgruppe6547]

Average kanadien own 35-45 0f PROPERTY from central to south the citizens own less than 10% most pay monthly Do banks even do mortgage See why i get banana at 10cents

[@johnnydoggs]

Oooh da Taco Bell people's like da cokaine

[@blaquentgruppe6547]

Curious ..will PEOPLE stop having 9 kids EDUCATION #planparenthood

[@thecoolestkidinkalkallo9621]

Drugs are awsome

[@jasonc5209]

How they gunna spell colombia wrong and expect to be taken serious