# Colombia ## Key Connections - [[01 Actors & Entities/12_Non-State_Actors/Drug Cartels]] — cocaine economy defining internal security - [[01 Actors & Entities/11_State_Actors/Venezuela]] — contested western border; ELN/FARC-D proxies - [[01 Actors & Entities/11_State_Actors/Ecuador]] — southern border spillover corridor - [[01 Actors & Entities/11_State_Actors/United States]] — Plan Colombia, NATO Global Partner - [[01 Actors & Entities/13_Agencies_&_Departments/USSOUTHCOM]] — primary US security partner - [[01 Actors & Entities/18_Geopolitical_Regions/South America]] — regional container - [[02 Concepts & Tactics/Insurgency]] — FARC/ELN analytical frame - [[02 Concepts & Tactics/Monroe Doctrine]] — Plan Colombia as contemporary expression - [[01 Actors & Entities/15_International_Organizations/MERCOSUR]] — associate member