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José Luis Castillo (activist)
José Luis Castillo (born April 19, 1968, in Den Haag, Netherlands) is a Colombian American activist,"County Commission Candidates Line Up Endorsements" ''Miami Herald'', August 24, 2000 politician, and nonprofit community liaison in South Florida. He is the founder of the Colombian American Foundation in Miami and the Pan American Coalition an umbrella organization 14 groups representing an array of immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean and is active in the community fighting for the rights and liberties of his fellow Colombian Americans. He has been awarded the title of "Gran Caballero" con la Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar from Colombia. Early years Castillo was born to a Dutch mother, Yvonne Alexandra Eggermont, and a Colombian father, Luis Alfonso Castillo Castañeda, in the Netherlands, where he lived until the age of four. In 1972, his family moved to Alicante, Spain, then moved back to the Netherlands before coming to Popayán, Colombia, a beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and has been described as the country's ''de facto'' capital since the time of the Dutch Republic, while Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands. The Hague is the core municipality of the COROP, Greater The Hague urban area containing over 800,000 residents, and is also part of the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, which, with a population of approximately 2.6 million, is the largest metropolitan area of the Netherlands. The city is also part of the Randstad region, one of the largest conurbations in Europe. The Hague is the seat of the Cabinet of the Netherlands, Cabinet, the States General of the Netherlands, States General, the Supreme Court of the Neth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
