PHOTOGRAPHS

BACKGROUND

Jorge Enrique Barco and Julieta Vargas with their children, Cúcuta, S.F. Virgilio Barco when he was a student at MIT, Boston. Photo: copy of the original by Hernán Díaz, S.F. Reproduction of a photograph which appeared in a newspaper in Norte de Santander of a group of supporters of Jorge Elieser Gaitán, a Liberal leader, during his visit to Cúcuta, 20/12/1947. Photo, S.I. Virgilio Barco and Maria Carolina Isakson´s wedding, Cùcuta, 15/6/1950. Photo: S.I.

MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS

President Alberto Lleras Camargo with his ministers. Virgilio Barco, Minister of Public Works, standing, third from left to right. Salon Bolivar, San Carlos Presidential House, 07/08/1958. President Lleras Camargo and his ministers during a government council. Autographed photo. S.I.,/ S.F. Virgilio Barco, Minister of Public Works, inspecting the construction of the Pacific Railway. Photo. Agencia Gráfica Nacional, S.F. Virgilio Barco, Minister of Public Works during the Presidency of Alberto Lleras, supervising the construction of a stretch of the railroad tracks of the Atlantic Railway. Photo: S.I., S.F.

AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN, 1961

Virgilio Barco and his wife Carolina Isakson, the day of the presentation of their credentials as Colombian Ambassadors to the United Kingdon, 1961. Foto: copy by Hernán Díaz.

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE

President Guillermo León Valencia with his ministers. Virgilio Barco, Minister of Agriculture, standing third from left to right. Salón Bolivar, San Carlos Presidential House, 20/07/1964. Foto:S.I. Virgilio Barco, Minister of Agriculture, visits the Zulia irrigation district. Photo: EGAR.S.F. Virgilio Barco, Minister of Agriculture, visits the Zulia irrigation district with Camilo Torres, Delegate of the Acción Social Católica, and Eduardo Cote Lamus, Governor of Norte de Santander. Foto: EGAR. S.F.

MAYOR OF BOGOTÁ

Virgilio Barco accompanied by his wife, Carolina Isakson, being sworn in as Mayor of Bogotá by President Carlos Lleras Restrepo in the President´s Office, September of 1966. President Carlos Lleras Restrepo (center) visits public works in the city with the Mayor of Bogotá, Virgilio Barco (right). Photo: Armando Matiz, S.F. Mayor Virgilio Barco inaugurates the main sewer of the San Francisco river, on February 7th, 1969. Photo: S.I. Mayor Barco supervises the construction of the Aqueduct and Sewage master plan with loans from AID. Photo: Armando Matíz. S.F. Virgilio Barco, Mayor of Bogotá, with his collaborators, inspects public works. Photo: S.F., S.I. Inauguration of the construction of an eight classroom school. Photo: Armando Matíz, Ca, 1967 The Mayor of Bogotá addresses the people of the Las Lomas neighborhood in the south of Bogotá, from a new school building. Photo: Armando Matíz. S.F. Mayor Virgilio Barco visits a community center during his 2nd year in office. Photo: S.I, 1967 Virgilio Barco, Mayor of Bogotá, hands SS Paulo VI a parchment on behalf of the Mayor and his collaborators, during the Pope´s visit to Colombia. Mayor Barco and his collaborators supervise road construction in the capital city. Behind, a billboard referring to the public works with the slogan: “We are working for you, and for Bogotá”. Photo: Armando Matíz, S.F. The mayor of Bogotá, Virgilio Barco, inspects the construction of the sewage system, with the Mayor of Lima who is visiting the capital. Photo:S.I.S.F Panoramic view of the Nemsio Camacho Stadium, El Campín. During Virgilio Barco´s administration its capacity was increased from 30,000 to 60,000 spectators. Photo: S:I:/S.F. Aerial view of the construction and paving of the Calle 26 main throughfare, part of the integrative road plan. Mayor´s office. Photo: Armando Matiz. S.F. Aerial view of the construction and paving of the Avenida 68, part of the integrative urban road plan. Mayor´s office. Photo: Armando Matíz. S.F. Aerial view of the expansion and paving of the Avenida Caracas, part of the integrative urban road plan. Mayor´s office. Photo: Leo Matiz. S.F. Panoramic view of the 1st stage of the Pablo IV housing development, constructed in Bogotá for the XXXIX International Eucaristic Congress. Photo: Armando Matíz, S.F. Paving of the Carrera 7a between Calles 16 and 17, as part of the integrative urban road plan. Mayor´s office. Photo: S.I.S.F. Farewell ceremony for Mayor Virgilio Barco at the Media Torta, Nov. 1969. Photo: Fotorama

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD BANK

Meeting of the executive directors of the World Bank. Virglio Barco as the Executive Director for Colombia. Washington, DC, January 9th, 1973. Photo: S.I. The World Bank lends 60 million dollars for Colombia´s industrial development. In the photo: Virgilio Barco, Executive Director of the World Bank for Colombia; Placido L. Mapa, deputy Executive Director to the World Bank for Colombia; Douglas Botero Boshell, Colombian Ambassador to the United States; David A. Knox, Director of the Project Department of the World Bank; and Antonio José Gutierrez, Assistant Director of the Banco de la República of Colombia. 11/06/1973. Photo: Edwin G. Huffman (World Bank) Meeting of Virgilio Barco with Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, during a visit to India as Executive Director of the World Bank. Foro: S.I., S.F.

AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES

Virgilio Barco presents his credentials as Ambassador of Colombia to Jimmy Carter, President of the United States, accompanied by his wife, Carolina Isakson de Barco, and their daughter, Diana, and son, Virgilio. Washington,10/07/1977.

1982 CAMPAIGN

Panoramic view of a political meeting of the Liberal candidate to the Presidency, Virgilio Barco, 1982. At the head table, his wife, Carolina Isakson de Barco. Photo: S.F. Virgilio Barco, campaigning in the neighborhoods of the southern part of Bogotá, during the campaign for the 1982-1986 Presidency. Photo: S.I, S.F. Virgilio Barco gives a speech at a rally in Bogotá during his campaign for the Presidency of 1982-1986. Photo: S.I., S.F.

1986 CAMPAIGN

Vigilio Barco presides over a rally during his campaign for the 1986-1990 Presidency. Photo: S.I, S.F. Presidential candidate, Virgilio Barco, during his campaign for the 1986-1990 campaign. Photo:S.I., S.F.

PRESIDENCY

Virgilio Barco wearing the Presidential sash the day of his inauguration as President of Colombia. Bogotá, 07/08/1986. Photo: S.I. Oficial photograph of President Barco with the officers of the Batallón Guardia Presidencial, Casa de Nariño. Photo: José Múnera Madrid.
President Barco during the ceremony in which he handed over the “Predio Putumayo” to the Indian communities at the La Chorrera district of the Departamento de Amazonas, on April 23rd, 1988. Photo; S.I. President Virgilio Barco with Indian leaders during the ceremony where the “Predio Putumayo” was handed over to the Indian communities. In the photograph, from left to right: Alejandro Teteye, Fisi Andoque, Dagoberto Castro, Isaak Makuna, President Virgilio Barco, Reynaldo Giagrecudo, Luis Guerrero, Eduardo Paki, Alfonso Pinedo. Seated: Wilson Sokaigredo, Ignacio Atama. Photo: Fabio Trujillo. Virgilio Barco with his wife Carolina Isakson de Barco, and an Indian leader from la Chorrera, saluting the communities receiving the “Predio Putumayo” on April 23rd, 1988, in the La Chorrera district, Departamento de Amazonas. Photo: S.I. Map of the Indian reservations, national parks and protected areas in the Colombian Amazon, 1988.
President Barco addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 29/09/1989. Photo: S.I. Virgilio Barco, President of Colombia, speaks at the General Assembly of the United Nations. New York, 29/09/1989. Photo: S.I. President Barco with the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, and argentinian President Raul Alfonsín, during the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1989. Photo: S.I.
Virgilio Barco, President of Colombia, speaks at the World Ministerial Drugs Summit in London, accompanied by members of his cabinet. May 9-11, 1990. Photo: S.I. President of Colombia, Virgilio Barco, speaks at the World Ministerial Drugs Summit in London, May 9-11, 1990. Photo: S.I. Virgilio Barco, President of Colombia, with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the World Ministerial Drugs Summit in London, May 9-11, 1990. Photo: S.I President Virgilio Barco with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and, to her right, the Secretary General of the United Nations Perez de Cuellar at the World Ministerial Drugs Summit in London. May 9-11, 1990. Photo: S.I
Front page of the Colombian News Report. President Barco speaks at the MIT commencement ceremony, Boston. 04/06/1990. Photo, S.I. President Virgilio Barco with colombian nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcías Márquez at the official guest house in Cartagena. Photo: S.I.,S.F

AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN, 1990

Ex-president Virgilio Barco on his way to present his credentials as Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom to Queen Elizabeth. Photo: S.I.,S.F

CAROLINA ISAKSON

María Carolina Isakson de Barco. Photo: Hernán Díaz, S.F. Carolina Isakson de Barco accompanies her husband, Virgilio Barco, while he supervises public works as mayor of the city of Bogotá. Photo: S.I.,S.F Virgilio Barco and his wife, Carolina Isakson, on the day they presented credentials as Colombian Ambassadors before the British government, in 1961. Photo: copy by Hernán Díaz. Carolina de Barco accompanies her husband, Virgilio Barco, as he is sworn in as mayor of the city of Bogotá, September, 1966. Carolina Isakson with her husband, Virgilio Barco, during his campaign for the presidency, 1982. Photo: S.I.,S.F Presidential candidate Virgilio Barco with his wife, María Carolina Isakson de Barco, campaigning in neighborhoods in the south of Bogotá. Photo: S.I., S.F. Mayor Barco and his wife, Carolina Isakson, visit a school. Photo: Armando Matíz, S.F. Community day care center (Hogar de Bienestar Familiar) in Riohacha, Guajira. (From the book: For Our Children, program for their protection and development in Colombia. Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 1990, p.76. Photo: Ellen Tolmie.

Bogotá, D.C, 21 de mayo de 2012

Escanografiado: Juan Luis López

Textos de identificación de las fotos: Luis Horacio López