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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: 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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

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
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Two children swim in the Magdalena River in the industrial city of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 20, 2000. On the horizon is the home to the largest oil refinery in Colombia.
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_0016_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Federal Police officer takes a break while patrolling a FARC-controlled, barrio, or slum, of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day. The FARC and ELN rebels, as well as right-wing paramilitaries, fight for control of the area.
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_0006_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Federal Police officer patrols a FARC-controlled barrio, or slum, of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day. The FARC and ELN rebels, as well as right-wing paramilitaries, fight for control of the area.
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_0013_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Federal Police officers prepare to go on patrol in a FARC controlled barrio of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day. The FARC and ELN rebels, as well as right-wing paramilitaries fight for control of the area.
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_0007_web.tif

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Federal Police officer stops a motorcyclist for questioning in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day.
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_0008_web.tif

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Sculptures protrude from the Magdalena River in front of Colombia's largest petroleum refinery, which supplies 70% of the nation's energy, August 21, 2000. The refinery, across the river from Barrancabermeja, Colombia, also adds to Barrancabermeja's reputation as the murder capital of the Western Hemisphere, as several rebel groups are fighting to control the land around it.
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_0009_web.tif

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Federal Police officers take a break while patrolling a FARC-controlled, barrio, or slum, of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day. The FARC and ELN rebels, as well as right-wing paramilitaries, fight for control of the area.
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_0010_web.tif

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Federal Police officer stops a motorcyclist for questioning in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day.
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_0011_web.tif

Title: Inside Of The World's Murder Capital, Barrancabermeja
Date: 2000-08-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Federal Police officer on patrol takes a break in a FARC-controlled barrio of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, August 21, 2000. Barrancabermeja has the highest murder rate of any town in the Western Hemisphere, averaging three murders a day. The FARC and ELN rebels, as well as right-wing paramilitaries fight for control of the area.
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_0012_web.tif

Title: President Andres Pastrana Of Colombia
Date: 2000-08-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: President Andres Pastrana of Colombia takes part in an interview in his office in Bogota, Colombia, August 23, 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
Subject -- Personal Name: Andres Pastrana
Local Identifier: colombia_ct_0001_web.tif

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