Watch The War Next Door

National Geographic host Lisa Ling gets extraordinary access - including a rare one-on-one interview with Colombia's President, Alvaro Uribe - as she journeys to Bogot? and beyond to investigate America's increasing role in Colombia. Through interviews with people on both sides of the conflict, Ling discovers what this complicated situation means to the people on the front lines. Alongside an elite unit of the Colombian police, Ling ventures into the rebel-filled countryside on a mission to find and eliminate clandestine coca fields and cocaine labs. She sees signs of progress, but learns that Colombia may have far to go before it emerges from its turbulent past.

The War Next Door is a 2000 documentary with a runtime of 43 minutes.