The violence in Colombia, the war in Colombia, began as more of an ideological conflict, but today, with the paramilitary forces demobilized and increasingly becoming drug gangsters, and with FARC continuing, it's become more of a drug war than an ideologically based war. People are living in communities and being raised in communities where the only opportunity they have is to become engaged in the drug trade on one side or the other, either with the drug gangsters or FARC. Do you see legitimate trade as an opportunity to help wean the people of Colombia from their dependence on the economic benefits of the drug war?
On November 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.