Colombia Tributes Political Legacy of Ex-VP Germán Vargas Lleras
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Hundreds of people attend Mass in honor of former Colombian vice president in Bogotá
Uribe, Gaviria, Samper and Duque arrived at the Cathedral and the Government only saw France Márquez, who showed close to his daughter Clemencia The article With President's Honours: This was the farewell to Germán Vargas Lleras in Bolivar Square in Bogotá was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, Voices and News from Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
Colombia tributes political legacy of ex-VP Germán Vargas Lleras
The departure of former Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras’s coffin from Bogotá’s Palacio de San Carlos on Monday morning blended state mourning with unmistakable political symbolism, as Colombia’s political elite gathered to bid farewell to one of the country’s most influential figures. His daughter, Clemencia Vargas Umaña, attended the ceremony accompanied by her father’s two French bulldogs – Toño and Henry – adding a deeply personal note t…
At this time, the funeral honors of former Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras, who died on Friday at the age of 64 from brain cancer, continue. At Mass in the Primate Cathedral of Bogotá, Cardinal Rubén Salazar exalted the political figure of the late leader of Radical Change. “He was one of the most illustrious children of Colombia,” said the cardinal in the homily. “Let his death be a stimulus for reconciliation.” He will be buried in the Jar…
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