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Title: Anti-Peace Corps poster from Colombia, circa 1963-1965
Date: circa 1963/1965
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Gainor, Michael
Description: Original: Cuerpos de Pas que son: 1. Filial internacional del FBI-CIA 2. Cuerpo militar camuflado para montar y apoyar dictaduras 3. Mercenarios yankis de las oligarquias Que hacen: 1. Traman golpes de estado 2. Defienden intereses yankis 3. Preparan atentados contra dirigentes democratas y nacionalistica Translation: Peace Corps is 1. An international affiliate of the FBI-CIA 2. Camouflaged military corps to place and support dictatorships 3. Yankee mercenaries of the oligarchies What they do: 1. They plot coups 2. They defend Yankee interests 3. They prepare attacks against democratic and nationalist leaders
Subject: International relations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_Gainor_0001
Type: posters
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2986
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Bogota Colombia's Stately Capital
Date: 2000-08-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A street vendor shows off his wares in Plaza Bolivar, Bogota, Colombia, August 22, 2000.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0015_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Colombian Drug Smuggling Flight Routes
Date: 2000-08-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Colombian Defense Minister Luis Fernando Ramirez points out routes of drug flights from Colombia to the United States on his computer in his office in Bogota, Colombia, August 19, 2000. The drug flights usually fly a route over Venezuela and Haiti on the way to the U.S.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Subject -- Personal Name: Luis Fernando Ramirez
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0014_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Documents and photographs from Paul Robert Willey's Peace Corps service in Colombia, 1962-1964
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Willey, Paul Robert
Description: Paul Robert Willey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia from 1962-1964. Willey worked as an education volunteer, teaching physical education.
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Physical education and training; Volunteers
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_Willey_0001
Type: memoirs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2990
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Film for Action: Construyamos una escuela
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Construyamos una escuela" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Pesca. It shows the indigenous people living in the Andes mountains, building a school with PCV Gary Walker and PCV Architect Jim Carlisle. This film was also used to illustrate how inhabitants had to look for and be persistent with getting aid for projects from the government.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_4
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1720
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: Film for Action: Piedras como esta
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Piedras como esta" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Granadillo. It depicts the indigenous people building foot paths and bridges over a river in the southern Colombian mountains, led by PCV and civil engineer Gary Bryant. This project allowed the inhabitants to be able to take their produce to the nearby markets.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_3
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1719
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: Film for Action: Tendremos mas que puentes
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Tendremos mas que puentes" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Tumaco. It depicts a pacific coast culture working on their project to build foot bridges over the tidal flats.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_1
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1717
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: Film for Action: Un canto a mi tierra
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Un canto a mi tierra" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Arbeláez. It shows the mestizo people and PCVs Jim and Kathy Hardcastle with their school vegetable garden demonstration project, used to teach better practices of land use and nutrition.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_2
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1718
Rights statement: Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University

Title: First Peace Corps Volunteer Families: Diary of the Zieglers in Colombia, South America, 1970-1972
Date: 1970/1972
Creator: Ziegler, Claire; Ziegler, Delwyn
Description: This diary details the daily volunteer experiences of the Ziegler family from 1970-1972 in Colombia, South America. Delwyn was age 38, Claire was age 30, Colette 4 1/2, and Andre 2 1/2. Delwyn, a former hospital controller, worked in business administration programs, including small business consulting and hospital administration. Claire, a fluent French speaker, taught French at a high school as well as at the Alliance Française. The Zieglers participated in the Peace Corps' experiment with families. Previously the Peace Corps had accepted only singles and couples. In an attempt to recruit more senior people with experience, the Peace Corps tried to see how families might work out as volunteers. The Zieglers were part of a group of five families recruited for Colombia.
Subject: Business consultants -- Colombia; Hospitals -- Colombia -- Administration; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Small business -- Colombia; Volunteer workers in community development; Volunteer workers in education
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_Ziegler_0001
Type: diaries
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2249
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: The Foreigners
Date: [date of publication unknown]
Creator: McGrew, Skeets; Harris, Mark
Publisher: King Screen Productions
Description: Follows a group of American Peace Corps volunteers in Colombia in their daily work, and in their reflections on their role.; Credits: Producer and writer, Mark Harris. Director, Skeets McGrew.
Subject: Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Colombia; Economic history; Colombia -- Economic conditions; Colombia -- Social conditions
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: Media_Collection_16093
Type: documentary film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3192
Rights statement: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For information about permissible uses as well as terms and conditions please refer to the American University Library—Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Friends of Colombia celebrates 60th anniversary of Peace Corps Colombia
Date: 2021-06-25
Description: June 25, 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the first Peace Corps group to begin their pre-service training, our very own Colombia I. To celebrate this anniversary, FOC will hosted a panel discussion exploring the history of Peace Corps, Peace Corps Colombia's plans for the future, and how the pandemic and national protests have impacted nuestra querida Colombia. Featured speakers include: Tom Mullins - Member of the first Peace Corps Colombia Alana DeJoseph - Film Director, A Towering Task Matthew Carlson - Country Director, Peace Corps Colombia Daniel Avila-Camacho - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Colombia in the US
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_0001
Type: streaming video
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2984
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Howard Ellegant's Peace Corps Volunteer Termination Report, February 1966
Date: 1966-02
Creator: Ellegant, Howard
Description: Howard Ellegant was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia from 1964-1966. Ellegant served as an architect planning schools and community centers. This is Ellegant's Peace Corps Volunteer Termination Report, February 1966. The report was presented to the Peace Corps upon completion of Ellegant's service as a Peace Corps Volunteer Architect, serving in Medellín, Colombia.
Subject: Architects; Volunteers
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_Ellegant_0001
Type: reports
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2989
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Alfonso Cano (1948-2011), a former anthropology professor and now number three in the FARC rebel command, speaks with Tim McGirk, a Time magazine reporter at the FARC headquarters in Los Pozos, Colombia, August 25, 2000. Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, more commonly known by his nom de guerre Alfonso Cano, was the commander of the militant group and succeeded founder Manuel Marulanda in March 2008.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Subject -- Personal Name: Alfonso Cano; Tim McGirk
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0017_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Two FARC soldiers converse at FARC headquarters in Los Pozos, Colombia, August 25, 2000. The Los Pozos compound is the seat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, government. The FARC maintains a force of 15,000 soldiers, and currently controls 40% of Colombian territory.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0018_web.tif

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A coca farmer looks over the condition of the coca plants on his land in the Puerto Rico region of Cagyuan River Valley, Colombia, August 25, 2000. The FARC rebels who control the valley rely on taxes from the drug trade to maintain their 15,000 person army and their power in the region.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0005_web.tif

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A coca farmer looks over the leaves of the coca plant on his land in the Puerto Rico region of Cagyuan River Valley, Colombia, August 25, 2000. The FARC rebels who control the valley rely on taxes from the drug trade to maintain their 15,000 person army and their power in the region.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0003_web.tif

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Alfonso Cano (1948-2011), a former anthropology professor and now number three in the FARC rebel command, speaks with a reporter at the FARC headquarters in Los Pozos, Colombia, August 25, 2000.The FARC maintains a force of 15,000 soldiers, and currently controls 40% of Colombian territory.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Subject -- Personal Name: Alfonso Cano
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0019_web.tif

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A FARC officer speaks with fellow rebel soldiers at FARC headquarters in Los Pozos, Colombia, August 25, 2000. The Los Pozos compound is the seat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, government. The FARC maintains a force of 15,000 soldiers, and currently controls 40% of Colombian territory.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0020_web.tif

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A coca farmer looks over the leaves of the coca plant on his land in the Puerto Rico region of Cagyuan River Valley, Colombia, August 25, 2000. The FARC rebels who control the valley rely on taxes from the drug trade to maintain their 15,000 person army and their power in the region.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0004_web.tif

Title: Inside FARC Country In Colombia
Date: 2000-08-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A coca farmer looks over the leaves of the coca plant on his land in the Puerto Rico region of Cagyuan River Valley, Colombia, August 25, 2000. The FARC rebels who control the valley rely on taxes from the drug trade to maintain their 15,000 person army and their power in the region.
Subject: Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0002_web.tif

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