$1.6 Billion to the Columbian military for counter-insurgency, in FY2000 or FY2001, courtesy of Uncle Sam and us.
The vast majority of murdered trade unionists worldwide are Columbian.
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/colombia/
More Terrible than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia -- Robin Kirk; Hardcover.
http://www.colombiamobilization.org/index.php
http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/index.htm
http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/background.htm
http://www.colombiasupport.net/
-- Michael Pugliese