Peace Corps to Colombia

This item appears on page 67 of the July 2010 issue.

The Peace Corps announced on May 11 it intends to send about 20 volunteers back to Colombia in fall 2010, citing improved security there.

The Peace Corps stopped its Colombia projects in 1981 partly due to Richard Starr’s kidnapping by FARC guerrillas in 1977 and FARC’s later declaration that volunteers would be considered military targets.