John Lindsay-Poland is the co-director of the FOR Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean, a position in which he has served since 1989. Previously he served with Peace Brigades International as a peace team member in Guatemala and El Salvador, US staff, and co-founder of PBI's Colombia Project. He is editor of FOR's Colombia Update; founded the FOR's Colombia Peace Presence team; and is author of numerous articles on U.S. militarism in Latin America, as well as books, including: Emperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama (Duke University Press, 2003) and Inside Panama (with Tom Barry, 1995, Interhemispheric Resource Center).