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National Security and Politics: The Colombian-Venezuelan Border*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John D. Martz
John D. Martz*
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
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Long Wracked by Civil strife and turbulence which seemingly defy resolution by either political or military methods, Colombia also has suffered economic setbacks through a series of guerrilla attacks on its main petroleum pipeline. During the first half of 1988, more than 6 million barrels were lost, at an estimated cost of one-quarter billion dollars. Recognizing its inability to curb the attacks — largely the work of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) — the government in Bogotá in early June proposed construction of a new pipeline with Venezuela. According to Minister of Mines Oscar Mejia, it would carry Colombian crude across the border well to the south of ELN territory, thence to be shipped to Venezuelan seaports for export to international markets.

Type
The Colombian-Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
Information
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , Winter 1988 , pp. 117 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1988

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The original version of this study was presented at the International Congress of Americanists in Amsterdam on 7 July 1988.

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