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unusual facts about Colombian people



Alexander Del Castillo

Alexander Del Castillo (born March 14, 1977 in Puerto Nare) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Boyacá Chicó F.C. as a midfielder.

Andrés Parra

Andrés Parra Medina (born 18 September 1977 in Cali) is a Colombian film and television actor.

Carlos Abella

Carlos Abella Parra (born January 25, 1986 in Pitalito) is a Colombian football goalkeeper.

Carlos Barahona

Carlos Barahona Angulo (born January 20, 1980 in Bugalagrande, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian goalkeeper.

Charles Córdoba

Charles Córdoba Sánchez (born 15 September 1982 in Carepa, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who plays as forward for Atlético Choloma in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Eduardo Lara

Eduardo Lara Lozano (born 4 September 1959 in Cali) is a Colombian football manager.

Elder José Figueroa

Elder José Figueroa Sarmiento (born October 14, 1980 in Riohacha) is a Colombian and naturalized Salvadoran football player who currently plays for FAS of El Salvador.

Freddy Hurtado

Alfredo Hurtado Abadía (known as Freddy Hurtado; born May 27, 1976 in Chocó) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Envigado.

Gabriel Betancourt

Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

Harold Martínez

Járol Enrique Martínez González (born March 22, 1987 in Quibdó, Chocó) is a Colombian footballer.

Harrison Morales

Harrison Morales Ruiz (born June 20, 1986) is a Colombian midfielder currently playing for Deportes Quindío.

Hermes Martínez Misal

Hermes Martínez Misal (born September 23, 1979 in Valledupar, Colombia) is a Colombian professional soccer player.

Irene Pacheco

Irene Pacheco also known as Mambaco (born on March 26, 1971 in San Juan de Urabá, Antioquia) is a Colombian boxer former world champion in the IBF Flyweight category.

José Manuel Nájera

José Manuel Nájera (born 3 September 1988 in Medellín) is a Colombian football creative midfielder.

Mario Muñoz

Mario Alberto Muñoz Rojas (born August 7, 1984 in Putumayo Department) is a Colombian football player who plays for Bogotá F.C..

Mauricio Mendoza

Mandoza Renteria Mauricio (born 28 December 1981 in Taraira) is a Colombian football player, who plays for Gyeongnam FC in K-League.

Miguel Barrera

Miguel Angel Barrera Estrada (born on 15 November 1978 in San Jose de Canalete) is a former Colombian strawweight boxer, who once held the International Boxing Federation version of the Minimumweight world title.

Miguel Solís Estupiñián

Miguel Solis Estupiñan (born February 21, 1980 in Cali) is a Colombian and naturalized Salvadoran football player who currently plays for UES of El Salvador.

Néstor Álvarez

Néstor David Álvarez Gutiérrez (born April 11, 1980 in Medellín, Colombia), or simply known as Néstor, is a Colombian footballer.

Paola Rey

Paola Andrea Rey Arciniegas (born December 19, 1979 in San Gil, Santander, Colombia) is a Colombian actress and model.

SATENA

Since its creation, the airline has performed many public services on behalf of the Colombian people, having provided service during crises in the country's history, as was the case of the Huila and Cauca earthquake of June 6, 1994, when SATENA performed search and rescue operations, airlifted local residents, as well as transporting needed medicines, foods and aid in general to the site of the tragedy.

Víctor Montaño

Víctor Hugo Montaño Caicedo (born 1 May 1984 in Cali) is a Colombian association footballer, who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.


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FARC files

Venezuelan Interior minister Ramón Rodríguez Chacín denied the accusations and stated that "They say that they find in that computer a letter from Marulanda to our commander in chief. Everybody already knows (the letters), the ones showed by our commander in chief. Pay attention, Venezuelan and Colombian people, how they manage the manipulation and deception, that kind of santanderist technique and now with fascism".

La Cucharita Se Me Perdió

The song is in the style of the traditional "carranguera" music native to the rural lands of central Colombia, a folk music genre analogous to the "bluegrass" music that is indigenous to the U.S.The song's creator, Jorge Velosa, is famous within the country for this and other songs that became popular among the Colombian people.