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Édgar Perea
Édgar José Perea Arias (2 June 1934 – 11 April 2016) was a Colombian politician and football radio and television commentator. In a country where soccer is the national pastime, Perea was considered one of Colombia's greatest sportscasters. He was known in Colombia for his thunderous voice and for the way he intoned the traditional Spanish-style "Goooooooool!" sound when a goal had been scored. Perea commentated on eight football World Cups, fifteen World Series for CBS Spanish Radio, seven Olympics, many boxing matches and thousands of soccer matches in Colombia and abroad. He became so successful as a sportscaster that he transcended himself into a national politician. Perea was Afro-Colombian and broke down many barriers that kept black Colombians from gaining admiration and respect in Colombian pop culture and in entering the ritzy social scenes of Colombian society. After gaining popularity for his picturesque way of narrating football matches, Perea joined the Colombian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Moreno De Caro
Carlos Moreno de Caro (born March 24, 1946) is a Colombian people, Colombian politician. He is the founder of the Let the Moreno play movement party, and has served as both Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, Member to the Chamber of Representatives and Senate of Colombia, as Ambassador of Colombia to South Africa, and as Councilman of Bogotá. Moreno is known for his controversial populist political antics at various times in official government events, involving at various times, different types of animals and live music. Moreno popularly refers himself in the Illeism, third-person as “the Moreno” which in Spanish language, Spanish means “dark-skinned person”, which allows a playful use of his last name to refer to the underdog often discriminated peoples of dark skin as in the case of his political party “''Dejen Jugar al Moreno''” (“''Let the dark-skin fellow play''”). Ambassadorship In 2006 to the surprise and shock of many Colombians, President Álvaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |