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The U.S. Government is investing $ 1.3 billion , and this is a downpayment on a longer-term commitment , in Plan Colombia , a Colombian Government initiative which could reach as much as $ 7.5 billion . I remain concerned about what deals , if any , the Colombian government may have with the FARC to limit coca eradication spraying , and the safety and security of Americans in Colombia as we aggressively go after drugs . Since declaring the strike illegal , the Colombian government has placed legal sanctions on the officers of USO , arrested 17 strike leaders from different petrol plants and has threatened military force to bust the strike . I think that it is totally appropriate that after a year , the Colombian Government take stock of where they are on the number-one issue in Colombia , which is achieving peace , and that they think about how , perhaps , better to confront the narco-threat with an overarching strategy , which is what they're doing . In a wise decision , the Colombian government agreed to maintain the office until April 2002 . I think if a peace process were to resume at some point , a Colombian Government would be able to conduct such diplomacy from a position of strength . Further , since the United States wanted complete control over the canal and the canal zone , even sovereignty , any Colombian government yielding too much to a foreign country faced possible rebellion . I want people to know a chapter in world history that brought down a French republic , a Colombian government , created a new republic , shook the political foundations in Washington with corruption and gave birth to American imperialism in Latin America , Diaz says . Despite legal action , the Colombian government has not redressed this problem . The Observatory for Anti-Personnel Mines , a Colombian government agency , says 47 boys and 10 girls were injured by mines and unexploded ordnance last year ; and through July of this year , 28 boys and 12 girls have been wounded , with many more incidents going unreported .