Polache (born Paul Hughes Ramos, February 10, 1977 in

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, Honduras)"El hondureño Paul Hughes ´Polache´ se prepara para su debut en el Savio"

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is a Honduran musician and soccer player. He has released four albums in the country and represented Honduras in the 2014

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. Polache cares about being authentic with melodies that reflect the daily life of Honduras. He likes to write about love, peace, war, football, corruption, women and he tries to highlight the Honduran culture in his songs. He played soccer for

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in the

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and wrote a song dedicated to the team. He also wrote a song for the Honduras national soccer team for the

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. He was briefly banned in the country following the 2009 Honduran coup d'état for performing with

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, who was later overthrown."Crooning of the beauty of Honduras"

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, May 30, 2010

Personal life

Polache's father is British and his mother is Honduran. "Polache" is the Spanish pronunciation of his name, "Paul H." In 2012, he was deported from the

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because he tried to work with a tourist visa.El periodismo necesita inversión. Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en la página.
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References

{{reflist 1977 births Living people Honduran musicians Honduran footballers Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso players Honduran music Association footballers not categorized by position