Jorge Alfredo Vargas

Jorge Alfredo Vargas Angulo (born March 14, 1967 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian journalist and news presenter.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Angulo.

Jorge Alfredo Vargas
Vargas in Bogotá in 2016.
Born	Jorge Alfredo Vargas Angulo (1967-03-14) March 14, 1967 Bogotá, Colombia
Occupation	Journalist, news presenter
Notable credit(s)	Noticias Caracol presenter (2006–present) Blu Radio radio host (2013–present)
Spouse(s)	Inés María Zabaraín

Biography

Vargas studied Social Communication and Journalism at Pontifical Xavierian University,[1] later did a major in Economic journalism at University of La Sabana.[2] As of 2017 he is Teletón Colombia's ambassador in Colombia, alongside Mábel Lara, Felipe Arias and Andrea Serna.[3]

Career

Vargas during a National Police of Colombia event.

His journalistic career began as a sportswriter of Noticiero Criptón, in 1987, where he later worked as a general and economic editor. In 1991, he became Editor-in-Chief of the Noticias QAP, a position he held for a year, after which he was made presenter of the same program. In 1995, he was presenter and journalist of the morning news Buenos Dias Colombia. He pass to Noticiero de las 7 working as economic editor and presenter. Vargas hosted the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, between 1996 and 2004.[4]

In 1998 he was appointed director of the program Yo, José Gabriel and sub director of the radio space La FM, that same year he entered private television on the Canal RCN as presenter of the news, in Noticias RCN, where he presented the central edition, among others.[4]

In 2006 he joined Caracol Televisión as presenter, and in the same year debuted in Noticias Caracol, as central edition presenter along with María Lucía Fernández. During that season he conducted the programs Nada más que la verdad and Mesa de noche, both by Caracol Televisión.[4] From 2009 to 2013 he directed the political program Noticiero NP&, where some dolls personified politicians and people of the Colombian show business.[5] On September 2, 2013, he became the director of Voz Populi a Blu Radio's program.[6]

Personal life

On May 18, 1996, Vargas married in the cathedral of Santa Marta, Colombia with the journalist and presenter Inés María Zabaraín, with whom he has three children: Laura, Sofía and Felipe Vargas Zabaraín.[7] In 2013, Vargas was realized a gastrical surgery, losing 27 kg.[8]

References

1. "PRESENTADORES NOTICIAS" (in Spanish). Canal RCN. Archived from the original on August 4, 2002. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
2. "Jorge Alfredo Vargas" (in Spanish). Grupo 13. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
3. "TELETÓN 2017 "EN MANOS DE TODOS"" (in Spanish). Teletón Colombia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
4. Jorge Alfredo Vargas: Cómo ha cambiado (in Spanish), Revista TVyNovelas. Casa Editorial Televisa, June 30, 2007
5. Velasco, Luz Adriana (November 22, 2009). "Los muñecos tienen la palabra". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Casa Editorial El Tiempo. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
6. "Al mejor estilo Voz Populi le damos la bienvenida a Jorge Alfredo Vargas". Blu Radio (in Spanish). September 2, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
7. "Inés María Zabaraín, Jorge Alfredo Vargas y sus hijos aprovechan cada segundo para estar juntos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Casa Editorial El Tiempo. July 28, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
8. Vargas, Jorge Alfredo (June 27, 2013). "Jorge Alfredo Vargas: antes y después" (in Spanish). Revista Diners. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

External links

• Jorge Alfredo Vargas on Twitter