María Cristina Uribe is a Colombian

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and

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born in

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. Between 2002 and 2011 she presented ''

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''. Uribe majored in

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and

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at the

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in 1991. Her television debut was on a programme on the regional channel Teleantioquia, where she would later present a

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. Later, Uribe would appear on national newscasts such as ''QAP Noticias'' and '' Noticiero de las Siete'' on

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and '' CM&'' on Canal Uno. In 1998 she would move to '' Caracol Noticias'' until 2002, where she joined ''Noticias Uno''. Uribe left Colombia for the United States between 2005 and 2007 after receiving, with her husband

Daniel Coronell Daniel Alfonso Coronell Castañeda (Bogotá, October 25, 1964) is a Colombian journalist and Businessperson shareholder of the media :es:Plural Comunicaciones, Plural Comunicaciones. He has been the news director for RCN Televisión, RCN, Noticia ...

, death threats. Coronell was the director of ''Noticias Uno''.

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