Category: Colombia
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Swedish Adoptee Discovers She Was Kidnapped From Colombia at 1 Year Old
By Emma Tiger Link to story Paula Dahlberg from Vittaryd, Sweden, was born in Colombia and adopted as a child by a couple in Härnösand, where she grew up. In the adoption papers, she was given a new name: Paola Andrea became Paula, with Andrea as a middle name. As a teenager, she began to…
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MSN: Colombia’s ‘lost children’ remain open wound 40 years after deadly volcanic eruption
Link to story By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) -Maria Gladys Primo cannot hold back tears as she recalls the night of November 13, 1985, when she last saw her two young children, before a landslide of mud, rocks and trees triggered by the eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano swept away her home. Primo…
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WGTC: She just wanted a little sister: TikTok reunites two Colombian adoptees raised on different continents
By Fred Onyango Link to story Someone call Disney and Lindsay Lohan — the plot for The Parent Trap remake has practically written itself. Image via Instagram/rachellannaa A wholesome story about half-sisters reuniting from almost 4,000 miles apart played out in front of the entire internet — and it was all thanks to TikTok. In 1998,…
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