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Photo Flashback:President of Colombia, Dr Cesar Gaviria's one-day state visit to Jamaica on November 12, 1993

Published:Thursday | November 11, 2021 | 6:39 PMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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Colombian President Cesar Gaviria (right) arrived to a red-carpet welcome at the Norman Manley International Airport for a one-day state visit. Here he is seen with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson (second left) and Governor General Sir Howard Cooke (left). Members of the president's entourage are in the background.
Little Jan Peart of the Women's Crisis Centre in Kingston gets a warm hug from Colombian First Lady Dr Anna Milena Gaviria, who toured the centre for teenage mothers on Trafalgar Road on November 12, 1993. She accompanied her husband Dr Cesar Gaviria, president of Colombia, on a one-day state visit to the island. Also in the photograph are Lady Cooke, wife of Governor General Sir Howard Cooke (left) and Helena Ve Vargas, wife of the Colombian ambassador to Jamaica.
Prime Minister P.J. Patterson crouches as he bids farewell to little Maria Paz, the 10-year-old daughter of Colombian President Cesar Gaviria (left) and Mrs Gaviria (right). The prime minister was at the Norman Manley International Airport on November 12, 1993, where he said farewell to the Colombian president and his delegation, who arrived earlier that day on a state visit.
President Cesar Gaviria inspecting the guard of honour.
Colombian President Cesar Gaviria (right) is greeted by Governor General Sir Howard Cooke.
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President of Columbia, along with his wife, daughter, and foreign minister, arrived on the island on the morning of November 12, 1993, and left in the afternoon. The reason for his visit was to sign the Maritime Delimation Treaty.