United States and Colombia military relations: from the Plan Colombia to the Peace Agreement (2000-2018)

Abstract

This article aims to explain the military relations between the United States and Colombia between 2000 and 2018. Our working hypothesis states that, while the situation of dependence on the United States continued, security relations in the period defined by Plan Colombia (2000-2009) were mainly characterized by quantitative dependence (technologically and financially). In turn, in the period defined by the Peace Agreement (2010-2018) the dependency was largely qualitative ( related to doctrine and training).