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Carolina Vásquez Uribe (December 4, 1869 — May 12, 1955) was a Colombian politician, businesswoman, philanthropist and wife of President Pedro Nel Ospina, having served as First Lady of Colombia from 1922 to 1926 and previously as First Lady of Antioquia from 1918 to 1920. Vasquez is considered one of the precursors of the colonization of southwestern Antioquia.

Early life

Vásquez Uribe was born on December 4, 1869, in Medellín, Antioquia as the only child of Eduardo Vásquez and Elena Uribe Uribe. His father was an important Antioquia businessman, son of businessman Pedro Vásquez Calle, nephew of Enriqueta Vásquez Jaramillo, wife of Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, 1st president of the Grenadine Confederation.

Vásquez Uribe inherited several properties from her grandfather, later in 1922 her husband, the Conservative politician Pedro Nel Ospina, would be elected president of Colombia during the 1922 Colombian presidential election, in which he would obtain a wide advantage over the Liberal candidate Benjamín Herrera, thus becoming Ospina. became the 11th president of Colombia, so Carolina would serve as First Lady of Colombia from 1922 to 1926. After the death of her husband, she inherited all his businesses, among which the Marta Magdalena cattle ranch in Montería, Córdoba, as well as other properties, would stand out. Later in 1933, after the death of her father, she inherited shares of the Sociedad Agrícola del Sinú and The same year he would buy all the shares. By 1942 Carolina would become the richest woman in Medellín with a net worth of COP 1,651,240.

References

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2. ^ Mejía Cubillos, Javier (March 2012). Diccionario Biográfico y Genealógico de la élite antioqueña y viejocaldense. Segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primera del XX (PDF) (in Spanish) (primera ed.). Pereira, Colombia: Red Alma Mater. p. 221. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
3. Ramírez, Cardoso; Antonio, Juan (2020). "Las élites del Paraíso Escondido: Configuraciones y transformaciones del poder y la naturaleza en Córdoba" (PDF). Universidad del Rosario. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
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6. Ramírez, José Ernesto. "La construcción del poder económico: La familia Ospina, 1850 - 1960". Historia empresarial: 133–155. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

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