Carlos Cure

Carlos Cure Cure
Colombia Ambassador to Venezuela
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 August 2011
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded byJosé Fernando Bautista Quintero
Personal details
Born1944
Sabanalarga, Atlántico, Colombia
SpouseMargaret Elizabeth Núñez Hughes (1983–present)
Alma materSchool of Mines of Medellín (BEng)
OccupationBusinessman
ProfessionCivil engineer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cure and the second or maternal family name is Cure.

Carlos Cure Cure (born 1944)[1] is the Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela. A civil engineer, Cure has also served as chair of Bavaria, S.A., the biggest brewery of Colombia and second largest in South America before its merger, and Avianca, S.A., the national flag carrier of Colombia.[2][3]

Personal life

The son of Syrian-Lebanese migrants, he was born in 1944 in Sabanalarga, Atlántico.[1] On 6 February 1983 he married former beauty pageant contestant Margaret Elizabeth Núñez Hughes.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Algo Mas Que Cumbias" [More than Cumbias]. Semana (in Spanish). 19 July 1982. ISSN 0124-5473. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Misión de Carlos Cure: fortalecer relación con Hugo Chávez" [Mission of Carlos Cure: strengthen relations with Hugo Chávez]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ^ Acosta, Luis Jaime (23 May 2011). Leira, Javier (ed.). "Colombia nombra empresario como nuevo embajador en Venezuela" [Colombia names businessman as new ambassador to Venezuela]. Reuters (in Spanish). Bogotá. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Cayo en la Red" [Fell in the Net]. Semana (in Spanish). 7 February 1983. ISSN 0124-5473. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

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