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Darío Botero
Darío Botero Uribe (July 1938 – June 21, 2010) was a Colombian writer, thinker, professor emeritus and teacher at the National University of Colombia; he received a Doctorate degree from the National University with the title of Master. He studied law, political science and philosophy at the same university, where he held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law, Political and Social Sciences (1986-1988). He developed an original philosophical project that he called ''Cosmic Vitalism''. He was Vitalism, vitalist and utopian. He contributed to Colombian and Latin American thought. Biography Early years Botero was born in Calarcá, Quindío Department, Quindío, Colombia. He studied law, Political Sciences-Master's course-at the National University of Colombia. In 1960, he participated with other Colombian intellectuals and professionals, including Camilo Torres Restrepo, Camilo Torres, Orlando Fals Borda, Eduardo Umaña Luna, María Cristina Salazar, Virginia Gutiérrez de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calarcá
Calarcá is a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío Department, Quindío, Colombia. It is located 4 km east of the departmental capital Armenia, Colombia, Armenia. Its nickname is ''La Villa del Cacique'' in homage of its writers. The city was founded in 1886 by Segundo Henao during the time of colonization by people from Antioquia Department. It is the second city in Quindío with major quantity of inhabitants. In 2016 it had an estimated population of 78,779, of which 59,986 live in the main urban zone. Located along the Colombian coffee growing axis, it was made part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. History The name derived from an indigenous chief of the Pijaos Tribe, who lived in this land. According to the legends, this chief died in a fight with an indigenous converted into the Catholicism, Baltazar Maldonado, to keep the power of the territory, in a fight placed on Peñas Blancas, a characteristic mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
