Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The palace of the governor of the department of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, resembles a gingerbread palace of some nursery rhyme."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "High in the mountains of Northern Colombia, a covey of doves takes to the wing in defensive flight."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Until the advent of commercial aviation in South America, mountainous Colombia was dependent upon ponderous, stern-wheel, Mississippi-type river boats for the transport of goods from the sea coast inland."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Rio Calle divides the residential and business sections of the busy, bustling city Cali, Colombia."

Copy of transcript for a letter from Secretary of State Henry Clay to Henry Middleton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary U.S. to St. Petersburg requesting that Middleton attempt to engage Russia in persuading Spain to not continue fighting in order to hold onto to its New World colonies.

This report describes how Colombia's drug policies have evolved in light of Colombia's peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and its changing counter-narcotics policy. The final peace agreement addresses important issues, such as illicit crop cultivation--a major source of FARC income--and rural development.

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.

Interview with Colombian-born oral surgeon Pedro F. Franco as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Franco's personal experiences about childhood in Cali, Colombia, attending college and dental school in Bogota, playing on the college soccer team, and working for a new constitution in Colombia. Additionally, Franco discusses family background, his father being kidnapped by a guerrilla group, his residency in the guerrilla-dominated portion of Colombia, educational experiences in Chicago, returning to Colombia, his decision to come to Dallas after being threatened by guerrillas, the impact of his father and mother shaping his values and work ethic, dealing with American stereotypes of Colombia, the apathy of the new generation in America, the legalization of narcotics, his expectations upon coming to America, his thoughts on the importance of philanthropy, and the importance of immigrants in making American great.