Military Spending

Posted by: Paula Delgado-Kling | April 19, 2011

Military Spending

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a Swedish think tank, reported the Colombian government spent $9.19 billion in the military in 2010. The amount has doubled over the last decade from $4.73 billion in 2000.

Imagine that money spent in:

Schools

Hospitals

Roads

Airports

Posted in Policy, Politics, The War on Drugs, The War on Terror | Tags: Colombia, military spending, Paula Delgado-Kling, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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