Speech by President Virgilio Barco before Congress at his inauguration as President of Colombia, August 7, 1986

Speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations on global co-responsability in the fight against drug trafficking, September 29th, 19

Signing of the peace agreement with the M 19, March 9, 1990

Documentary "Virgilio Barco, Civil Servant" (short version)

SEMINARIO PRESIDENCIA VIRGILIO BARCO VARGAS (1986-1990): RELEVANCIA Y PERTINENCIA PARA EL PRESENTE Septiembre 15, 2016, Universidad de Los Andes


1. Inauguration by Dean of the Universidad de los Andes, Pablo Navas



2. Address by Carolina Barco Isakson



3. The Pacific Revolution: from the administration of Virgilio Barco to the administration of Cesar Gaviria

(presentation by Ex-President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, Minister of Finance and Minister of the Interior in the Barco administration)



4. The Government – Opposition proposal of the Barco Administration

(presentation by Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Communication, and Embassador to the United Kingdon during the Barco Administration)



5. The Plebiscite, the Seventh Ballot, and the Constitution

(presentation by Dr. Manuel José Cepeda, advisor and promoter of the seventh ballot in the Barco administration)



6. Considerations on the PNR (National Rehabilitation Program) and Peace Process with the M-19 guerrilla group

(presentation by Rafael Pardo Rueda Director of the PNR and advisor for peace during the Barco Administration)



7. The Environmental Policies of the Barco administration: twenty-seven years later

(presentation by Manuel Rodriguez, Minister for the Environment during the Gaviria administration)



8. The Indigenous Peoples and the Colombian Amazon Region

(presentation by Martín Von Hildebrand, Director for ethnic groups in the Ministry of the Interior during the Barco administration)



9. Virgilio Barco: History, Politics and the National Archive

(presentation by Professor Malcolm Deas)