Adriana Vargas (born in Bogotá) is a Colombian

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and

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for New York's WXTV Univision 41 Nueva York. Vargas majored in

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from

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in 1998, but she debuted in journalism two years before with a small production company. Later she presented several cultural shows for state-run

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, and joined Manuel Teodoro to co-host the

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'' Séptimo día''. Following ''Séptimo días cancellation in 2000, Vargas joined rival network

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, where she presented the ''Noticias RCN''

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, acted as its international editor, and hosted the nightly opinion newsmagazine ''La noche'' (January 2002 - December 2004). In 2005 she participated in Caracol Radio's morning news show ''Hoy por hoy'' and hosted and directed the ''Noticiero del mediodía''. She also co-hosted Noticiero CM& at evenings. In 2006 she returned to RCN TV. In 2010, Adriana Vargas joined President Juan Manuel Santos' team as his spokeswoman and International Media Director. After one year, Vargas joined the Univision O&O station serving the New York Tri-State area, WXTV channel 41 and currently anchors the 6 pm ("Noticias Univision 41 A las Seis") and 11 pm ("Noticias Univision 41 Solo a las Once") newscasts.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vargas, Adriana 1976 births Living people Colombian radio journalists Colombian television journalists Colombian television presenters Colombian women television presenters Colombian women journalists Colombian women radio journalists Colombian women television journalists