General Rafael Uribe Uribe (1859~1914)

Painting by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal.
Rafael Victor Zenón Uribe Uribe (born April 12, 1859 – died October 15, 1914 in Bogotá) was a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and general in the liberal party re.. Read more »bel army.
Uribe Uribe is best known for his political ideas in favor of the establishment of Guild socialism and trade unions in Colombia, his diplomatic work and his support of Colombian coffee growers in fighting diseases such as rust. One of his greatest contributions was, along with Benjamin Herrera, the founding of the Republican University that later became the Free University of Colombia.

Country:	Colombia
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	General Rafael Uribe Uribe, 60th death Anniv.
Nominal:	8 $
Year:	1979
Perforation:	12
Mintage:	500,000