And the US helped: Sixteen years of positive, patient aid to Colombia has paid off. Clinton-to-Bush-to-Obama.
There are no active conflicts in the Western Hemisphere for the first time in hundreds of years. That's something, no?
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/plan-colombia-how-washington-learned-to-love-latin-american-intervention-again/2016/09/18/ddaeae1c-3199-4ea3-8d0f-69ee1cbda589_story.html