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A Brief Look at Barranquilla | Alexandra Arrivillaga | Hobbies & Interests
a A Brief Look at Barranquilla by Alexandra Arrivillaga | Feb 21, 2020 | Alexandra Arrivillaga, Boston, Business, Travel
With all the ancestry kits out there, people can easily nd out where they come from. This means the country where their ancestors were born before they came to America. For many, this means going back a few generations. It’s fun to trace the countries and to nd where people met their spouses. For me, I know where I come from, but I didn’t know much about the country until I went back to visit it as an adult. I was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. I came to the United States when I was two with my grandparents. We came to this great country as political refugees. It wasn’t long before we became American citizens. When I began to research the city and country I was born in, I came across some interesting news. My great-grandfather, Diego A. DeCastro, was the rst governor of Barranquilla. There is a statue of him still standing in the city square. I was fortunate enough to visit Barranquilla and the statue. Barranquilla is located on the Caribbean coast of Colombia in the northern province of Atlantico. It had the rst airport in South America alexandraarrivillaga.net/a-brief-look-at-barranquilla/
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