The Sept. 19 front-page article “U.S. intervention helped turn the tide in Colombia” left out much of the human tragedy that accompanied the U.S.-funded military and counternarcotics strategy.
We celebrate the signing of the peace accords and support the Obama administration’s efforts to advance peace. But no one should forget the terrible costs of the U.S. government’s backing of Colombia’s brutal war.
Lisa Haugaard, Silver Spring
The writer is director of the Latin America
Working Group Education Fund.