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ROJAS, Diana Marcela. The Global Empire's Workshop: Analysis of the U.S. Intervention in Colombia (1998-2008). anal.polit. [online]. 2009, vol.22, n.65, pp.111-126. ISSN 0121-4705.

SUMMARY The present work aims at characterizing the U.S. intervention in Colombia under Plan Colombia between 1998 and 2008, into the frame of increasing development of dynamic global politics, not only in the perspective of a strongly asymmetric bilateral relationship. It implies identifying the main features of this experience as from an overall look on the phenomenon, presenting, in the fi rst place, the reasons for which an international intervention took place in Colombia since the late 90's. Secondly, analyzing the characteristics of the U.S. intervention under Plan Colombia and, fi nally, deriving some lessons from that intervention in the Colombian case, aiming to advance in the understanding of the transformations of international intervention in the context of globalization.

Palabras clave : international intervention; Plan Colombia; global politics; Colombia-United States relationships.

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