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    My mother was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1964. She has five sisters, no brothers, and a mother and father destined to provide a better life for their children. At the tender age of four, her parents decided to make a huge decision in order to better their lives. Like many other families, they decided to move America. They scraped together their life savings and bought the tickets for them and four out of their five children. One stayed behind to start her family. The plane landed in Miami

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    things she did as a child, and to all the things she is going to do, she has become a star that we, the people who know her, love. Shakira has done a lot of things since she was a child to become the famous person she is now. She was born in Barranquilla, Colombia on February second, 1977. At the age of 8, she wrote her first song, and by 13 she signed a record deal with Sony Music in Colombia, which resulted in her first album, “Magia” (Magic). She wrote all the songs

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    Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, dancer, song-writer,and record producer. She was born on february 2, 1977 in Barranquilla. She is the youngest of her eight older siblings. She wrote her very first song when she was just eight years old, five years later she then signed her first record deal. Shakiras voice was very powerful at such a young age, music producers began to notice her. In 1995, she released Pies Descalzos’, which allowed her to gain popularity in Latin America

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    Colombia Traditions

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    potatoes and herbs; and the cuchuco which is a soup containing corn, barley, and mashed beans. Their breakfast is usually small, lunch is the main meal of the day, and dinner is another light meal. Colombia holds many festivals during the year. The Barranquilla Carnival is one of the biggest Colombian events and occurs in February for four days where people attend parades and dance to music. The World Salsa Festival is held in August at the world capital of salsa music, Cali. Over 4,000 people arrive

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    Colombia Research Paper

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    and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. Colombia also has Panama to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast and Ecuador and Peru to the south. The capital is Bogota, and it also has important cities such as Cali, Medellin and Barranquilla. The population is around 47 million people in which 7 millions are in Bogota. The main language is Spanish with many ethnic languages across the country. Colombia is independent from Spain since July 20th of 1980 The Colombian flag is divided

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    También es famosa por su baile y filantropía. Su pelo es naturalmente negro, pero su mirada de la firma es pelo largo, rubio. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in 1977, to a Lebanese father and a Colombian mother. She was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia and attended Catholic school there until she graduated at the age of 15. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a singer. She wrote her first poem at the age of 4 and her first song at the age of 8. Inspired by her Lebanese heritage

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    The average January and July temperatures in Bogotá are the same: 14° C (57° F). The averages for the same months in Barranquilla are 27° C (80° F) and 28° C (82° F). Throughout the year, three-month periods of rain and dry weather alternate. Along the Pacific coast precipitation is heavy. At Bogotá the annual rainfall averages about 1060 mm (about 42 in), and in Barranquilla it averages about 800 mm (about 32 in). Dry weather prevails on the slopes of the Cordillera Oriental. BNatural Resources

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    physical products and services, the flow financial and information derived from the point of origin to the consumer, intended in this article to describe the main factors, internal and external elements and processes of the supply chain a hypermarket Barranquilla, understanding this as the set of flows of information, financial and physical join the suppliers ' suppliers. The importance of supply chain is established, from its proper management schemes in modern supply chain value and essence of

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    from the real life, I'm going to talk about me, so, this is my story. Before I can ever start talking about anything else, I'll need to introduce myself to you; My full name is Diana Marcela De Castro Gomez, I was born 20 years and 4 months ago in Barranquilla, Colombia. September the 29th of 1995, friday morning. It was such a beautiful day, well, that's what my mom says. I've always been into fine Arts and Music, When I was 4 years old old my mom gave me my first Piano, I really enjoed it,

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    Shakira “In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.”- Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, singer/ songwriter . Shakira did indeed fight for her placement in the celebrity lifestyle. In 1979, Shakira’s half brother was killed when a drunk driver hit the motorcycle he was riding. Just 2 at the time, the singer says that her first memory is learning of his death. Shakira had been composing songs since she was 8 years of age. When Shakira was a young girl with huge aspirations to become

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