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Actualizada: 09/IV/02
Andean Regional Initiative Fact Sheet
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
Lima, Peru
March 23, 2002
Under President Bush's leadership, $782 million in assistance has been approved for the Andean region in fiscal year 2002. The Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) advances the President's goal of strengthening democracy, regional stability and economic development throughout the Hemisphere.
Intertwined Problems:
The Andes produce virtually all of the world's cocaine and an increasing amount of heroin. Governments in the region
seek to combat drug production and trafficking while strengthening democratic institutions, improving their ability to deliver service to their people, creating a more transparent and efficient judicial system, protecting human rights, reducing corruption, and increasing legal employment opportunities. The ARI addresses these multi-faceted challenges.
Comprehensive, Balanced Approach:
- The ARI sustains support for Colombia, the leading source of drug
production and violence, while enhancing support to Colombia's
neighbors to fortify their efforts to pre-empt "spillover" from the
Colombian conflict.
- The ARI contains major increases in assistance to help Bolivia and
Peru guard against a resurgence in coca cultivation through
interdiction and alternative development programs, and gives a boost
to Ecuador's efforts to gain greater control of its northern border
region.
- Assistance to Venezuela, Panama, and Brazil focuses on border
controls, economic development, judicial improvements and
counternarcotics assistance.
- The ARI provides a balance between law enforcement and security
programs, and social and economic development. Alternative
development, judicial reform, and economic growth projects are
important components of this package.
ARI assistance in millions of dollars:
Country: BOLIVIA
Counternarcotics and Security: $48,000
Economic and Social Development: $74,463
Total: $122,463
Country: BRAZIL
Counternarcotics and Security: $6,000
Economic and Social Development: $12,630
Total: $18,630
Country: COLOMBIA
Counternarcotics and Security: $243,500
Economic and Social Development: $137,000
Total: $380,500
Country: ECUADOR
Counternarcotics and Security: $15,000
Economic and Social Development: $31,855
Total: $46,855
Country: PANAMA
Counternarcotics and Security: $5,000
Economic and Social Development: $8,500
Total: $13,500
Country: PERU
Counternarcotics and Security: $75,000
Economic and Social Development: $119,873
Total: $194,873
Country: VENEZUELA
Counternarcotics and Security: $5,000
Economic and Social Development: $0.500
Total: $5,500
ARI totals in millions of dollars:
Counternarcotics and Security total: $397,500
Economic and Social Development total: $384,821
Overall total: $782,321
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