Colombia: U.S. Peace Corps to Return to Colombia This Fall

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 19th, 2010 | Trackback

The U.S. Peace Corps will return to Colombia for the first time in almost three decades this year following the signing of an agreement by Colombia’s foreign minister and the Peace Corps’ director May 18. The Peace Corps’ last presence in Colombia was in 1981, and its return this fall was prompted by a 2009 invitation from the Colombian government and an evaluation by Peace Corps officials of the need and security in the country.

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