Crime refers to the fact that the behavior of such organizations is defined within the jurisdiction of at least one of the involved nations as a violation of its criminal code. Over the past several years, Colombia's domestic and national security policies have been internationalized at a dizzying speed, but these changes are understandable in the context of the global agenda of this post-Cold War era. Colombia is in the eye of an international hurricane swirling over illegal drugs, the environment, human rights, social development, population migration, free trade, democracy, and the fight against corruption. Since the 70s, various Colombian voices have been raised in favor of legalization. On 7 August 1998, Dr. Andrés Pastrana Arango replaced Dr. Ernesto Samper Pizano as President of Colombia. During the four-year term of Dr. Samper's presidency, more than 120,000 persons lost their lives, 10 per cent of whom were executed extra judicially or killed for political reasons, 750 persons were subjected to enforced disappearances, some 115,000 persons reported violations of their physical integrity and 800,000 more people were displaced as a result of the internal armed conflict, in particular because of the terrorist activities of paramilitary groups.( Cerna, Christina M (1997)
Ernesto Samper Pizano, president of Colombia was born in Bogotá, Samper received economics and law degrees from the University of Javeriana and a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York. Before he took political office, Samper worked as an economist and taught economics and law at Javeriana. He also wrote several books, including Bases para un Derecho Constitucional Financiero and For Whom Was the Coffee Bonanza? Early in Samper’s presidency, rebel guerrillas terrorized rural areas in Colombia—part of a 30-year war in which thousands of Colombians were killed. In response, Samper enacted security measures and offered to negotiate for peace.......
