"trademark made its first TV appearance in 1983 featuring a country farmer carrying coffee on his mule. Juan Valdez is a fictional character who has appeared in adverts for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia since 1958, representing a Colombian coffee farmer. The adverts were designed by the Doyle Dane Bernbach ad agency, with the goal of distinguishing 100%-Colombian coffee from coffee blended with beans from other countries. He typically appears alongside his mule Conchita, carrying sacks of harvested coffee beans. He has become an icon for Colombia as well as coffee in general, and Juan Valdez's iconic"
"on January 6, 1960, featuring a country farmer (campesino) carrying coffee on his mule ""Conchita"". First cultivated in the Dutch East Indies, the species of ""Coffea arabica"" came to Americas around the year 1690. The Dutch sent the coffee seeds to their colonies in Surinam, and thereafter to the French Guiana and Brazil. The French, through other routes, took it to Guadeloupe and Martinique, their main two colonies in the Caribbean. It seems that the Jesuits were the first to introduce seeds of coffee in the """"Nueva Granada"""" (today Colombia) by the year 1723. The first experiments in growing coffee"
"Kuwait, and the United States at supermarkets and Juan Valdez coffee shops. The name ""Juan Valdez"" is by no means unique, as both Juan and Valdez are common Spanish-language names and there are possibly thousands of men with this name alive today (although the Valdez name is hardly known in the coffee growing regions of Colombia); this became relevant in a 2006 lawsuit over the phrase ""Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee"". The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia sued cartoonist Mike Peters, creator of ""Mother Goose & Grimm"", for a cartoon talking about Juan Valdez and Colombian coffee"
"72. Juan Valdez had been embodied by Carlos Sánchez since 1969 and voiced by Norman Rose. Sánchez played Valdez in a brief sequence in the 2003 comedy film ""Bruce Almighty"". In 2006, Sánchez announced his retirement, and Carlos Castañeda, a grower from the town of Andes, Antioquia, was selected by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia as the new face of Juan Valdez. There were 238 Juan Valdez coffee shops in 2013, 135 in Colombia and 35 shops in other countries. Juan Valdez brand coffee is available in Paraguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Aruba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Spain,"
"in January 2009. In a weeklong series making fun of various commercial products, he referenced violence in Colombia by having a character say: ""Y'know, there's a big crime syndicate in Colombia. So when they say there's a little bit of Juan Valdez in every can, maybe they're not kidding."" The lawsuit was dropped after Mr. Peters apologized publicly. Juan Valdez Juan Valdez is a fictional character who has appeared in advertisements for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia since 1958, representing a Colombian coffee farmer. The advertisements were designed by the Doyle Dane Bernbach ad agency, with the"
"In a comic strip published on January 2, 2009, one character wonders if the Colombian crime syndicate puts parts of the body of Juan Valdez in each can of coffee. The comic strip refers to an advertising slogan of Colombian coffee that there's a little bit of Juan Valdez in every can of Colombian coffee. In response to the comic strip, the Colombian Coffee-growers Federation made plans to sue artist Mike Peters for linking Colombian coffee to human rights abuse. The Colombian Coffee-growers Federation announced it would seek at least $20,000,000 ""for damage and harm, detriment to intellectual property and"
"Stores sold espresso and coffee. He was also the Spanish Language pitchman on Spanish Language QVC Shop Latino. Coffee Bean Bears Coffee Bean Bears, are a coffee bean stuffed bear created by brothers Christopher Esposito and Artie Esposito in 2003 through their company ESPO Entertainment (DBA Coffee Bean Bears). The initial assortment of bears featured four characters: Brewster Bean, Frenchie Vanilla, Mister Mocha, and Hazel ""The Nut"". Each of the bears is stuffed, in its midsection only, with organically grown, roasted coffee beans of the appropriate flavor (Frenchie Vanilla comes with French vanilla beans, etc.). The rest of the bear"
"Britt accepted and executed on that same date. In exchange, Fedcafé committed to dismiss any further legal process. The ""other"" Juan Valdez was discovered as early as 1999. Café Britt presented a criminal case against Gabriel Silva, Federacafé's manager, for presumably defamatory statements, as well as taking civil action against him for damages of $1,000,000. Mr. Silva was notified in Colombia through diplomatic channels. All charges have since been dropped. When asked to comment, Silva's lawyer, Kyle Hoskinson, stated, ""I'm glad this is all over."" Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee () is a"
"Coffee Bean Bears Coffee Bean Bears, are a coffee bean stuffed bear created by brothers Christopher Esposito and Artie Esposito in 2003 through their company ESPO Entertainment (DBA Coffee Bean Bears). The initial assortment of bears featured four characters: Brewster Bean, Frenchie Vanilla, Mister Mocha, and Hazel ""The Nut"". Each of the bears is stuffed, in its midsection only, with organically grown, roasted coffee beans of the appropriate flavor (Frenchie Vanilla comes with French vanilla beans, etc.). The rest of the bear is filled with polyester stuffing. The beans themselves are said to be not meant for consumption, but are"
"used the phrase in a 1999 speech. Apparently the message about Juan Valdez as a drinker of Costa Rican coffee was attributed to José Duval, a New York-based actor, who was the first Juan Valdez. In 2006, The Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia received an injunction preventing the Costa Rican company Café Britt from selling t-shirts with the slogan. Fedcafé then filed a $1 million lawsuit on July 7, 2006, after Café Britt refused to sign a contract, stating that it must respect the intellectual property of Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia and refrain from using either the"
"is used as an ""ingredient brand"", to specifically denote coffee beans that are only grown and harvested in Colombia. Part of the advertising campaign includes convincing consumers that there are specific benefits of Colombian-grown and harvested coffee beans, ""including how soil components, altitude, varieties and harvesting methods create good flavor."" The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia is entirely owned and controlled by Colombia's coffee farmers, (cafeteros) which number over 500,000 people. Juan Valdez was initially portrayed by José F. Duval in both print advertisements and on television until 1969. José Duval died in 1993 at the age of"
"plant had spread to Colombia by 1790. The oldest written testimony of the presence of coffee in Colombia is attributed to a Jesuit priest, José Gumilla. In his book ""The Orinoco Illustrated"" (1730), he registered the presence of coffee in the mission of Saint Teresa of Tabajé, near where the Meta river empties into the Orinoco. Further testimony comes from the archbishop-viceroy Caballero y Gongora (1787) who registered the presence of the crop in the north east of the country near Giron (Santander) and Muzo (Boyaca) in a report that he provided to the Spanish authorities. The first coffee crops"
"Café, con aroma de mujer Café, con aroma de mujer (""Coffee, with the scent of a woman"") is a 1994 Colombian telenovela, produced by then programming company RCN TV on state-owned Canal A. It was written and created by Fernando Gaitán. It was broadcast in several countries throughout Latin America, North America and Europe. Teresa Suárez (Margarita Rosa de Francisco), nicknamed ""Gaviota"" (Spanish for ""Gull""), and her mother Carmenza Suárez, work as harvesters and throughout the year they travel to different farmlands across Colombia searching for work. Each October, just prior to the harvest period in the coffee axis, they"
"changes herself into a snake, also called bicha Moura, or can even be seen riding a dragon. In the last chapter of the work of Miguel de Cervantes, the epitaph of Don Quijote identifies him as the scarecrow and ""el coco"". ""Que Viene el Coco"", a painting that depicts a cloaked, menacing figure, was painted by Goya in 1799. Coco (folklore) The Coco (or Cuco, Coca, Cuca, Cucuy, Cucuí) is a mythical ghost-monster, equivalent to the bogeyman, found in many Hispanophone and Lusophone countries. He can also be considered a Latino version of a bugbear, as it is a commonly"
"unanimous vote of the delegates, as “Gerente de la Federación” (General Director). He served in this position for four years, until 1934. In 1954, during the election of members of the board of directors (of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia), Ospina, who had served as president of the Republic from 1946 to 1950, was elected and installed as president of the board of directors. His return to the federation marked the reappearance of one of Colombia's greatest coffee names in an active role in Colombia's coffee industry. Ospina, grandson of Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, not only was one"
"and his hair combed. The character was retired in 1971. He was replaced by the Muncha Bunch, a group of cowboys, and W.C. Fritos, a character modeled after comedian W.C. Fields. The Frito Bandito character was developed by the advertising firm Foote, Cone & Belding and launched by Frito-Lay in 1967. Actor Mel Blanc provided the character's voice, while the animation was directed by Tex Avery. The character was a stereotypical Mexican revolutionary with a sombrero, handlebar moustache and thick Spanish accent consistent with images of Pancho Villa. He carried two pistols and robbed people of their Fritos corn chips"
"have been forgotten. ""Condorito"" remains the best-known Chilean comic book character. In commemoration of its 66th anniversary of the launch of the comic strip, an animated film adaptation was released on 12 October 2017 in Latin America. Condorito Condorito (""Little Condor"" in Spanish) is a Chilean comic book and comic strip that features an anthropomorphic condor living in a fictitious town named Pelotillehue—a typical small Chilean provincial town. He is meant to be a representation of the Chilean people. Condorito was created by the Chilean cartoonist René Ríos, known as ""Pepo"". Despite his Chilean origin, Condorito is very popular throughout"
"appearance is frequently mimicked or parodied in television and other media. A theme park based on Colombian coffee production was built in the Quindío area in 1995 by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia and the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Quindío. In 2009 the park received its 5 millionth visitor. Coffee production in Colombia Coffee production in Colombia has a reputation as producing mild, well-balanced coffee beans. Colombia's average annual coffee production of 11.5 million bags is the third total highest in the world, after Brazil and Vietnam; though highest in terms of the arabica bean."
"Pooch Café Pooch Café is a Canadian-American gag-a-day comic strip written and illustrated by Paul Gilligan. It was also made into a series of online shorts with RingTales. Gilligan is also the writer for the comic ""Poptropica"", which debuted on June 9, 2014, ended its run on November 11, 2015, and is based on the video game of the same name. ""Pooch Café"" follows the humorous antics of a self-serving, paranoid, dog named Poncho. The strip follows Poncho's life with his master, Chazz, and Chazz's cat-loving wife, Carmen (who owns a brood of six cats), and Poncho's adventures with his"
"other Bimbo product, which includes white and whole wheat bread, cereal bars, pound cakes, several other cakes, various pastries, cookies, and wafers. In a study, the Gansito name brand and ""cute-looking goose"" was remembered by 92% of a children's study group, whereas only 19% could recall the most basic Mexican history dates. This case of heavy publicity can also be seen on the company's website (marinela.com.mx). The appearance of the ""little goose"" mascot has changed dramatically over its 50 years, from a university graduate goose, to a goose dressed in winter clothing, to a childish-looking goose, a teenage goose with"
"Mercedes"""", one of the largest and most famous coffee plantations of Central America in those times. In 1863, Ospina, former President of the Granadine Confederation (now Colombia), arrived in Guatemala with his wife Enriqueta Vásquez, his four younger children and his brother Pastor. They had been granted political asylum by the Guatemalan government. They settled in the Pacific piedmont region called ""Costa Cuca"", where they established their main coffee plantation """"Las Mercedes"""". This coffee plantation became known throughout Central America as the most productive and best managed. The history of the appearance of the Central American nations in the world"
"served as a model ""finca cafetera"" (coffee plantation) for Colombian coffee growers in the late nineteenth century. Harvard Professor June Erlick, author of the book ""Una Gringa en Bogotá,"" explains that ""Coffee in Colombia was traditionally grown by very small farmers."" She says the Ospinas helped to change the way the world viewed coffee. ""The Ospina family was the first, or certainly one of the first, to see coffee as a larger crop and business."" Mariano Ospina Rodríguez established his first experimental plantation in 1835, in the municipality of Fredonia, Antioquia. After Ospina Rodríguez and his brother Pastor escaped from"
"Cafeteros de Colombia"" and after this he acquired the nickname of ""Hombre de los Cafeteros"" (the man of the coffee growers) working for the Coffee Federation for almost a decade while also working as union leader and senator. The Conservative party was relying on candidate Laureano Gómez to become the official candidate for the presidency of Colombia. Ospina's name was suggested for the 1946 elections to take advantage of the division in the opposing Colombian Liberal Party between supporters of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and those of Gabriel Turbay. With only three weeks remaining for the main election Ospina was appointed"
"national team managers since its first official match in 1938: Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team () represents Colombia in international football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL and is currently ranked 12th in the FIFA World Rankings. The team are nicknamed ""Los Cafeteros"" due to the coffee production in their country. Since the mid-1980s, the national team has been a symbol fighting the country's negative reputation. This has made the sport popular and made the national team a sign of nationalism, pride and passion for many"
"in the United States, and the company is currently in expansion. The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia established the Juan Valdez cafés as part of a marketing campaign to promote fair trade coffee. Consumers automatically support the farmers when they patronize the store. In Colombia, the coffee industry accounts for over 8% of the GDP, employing directly and indirectly more than a million people and farms spanning over half the number of towns in the whole country. The federation, established in 1927, is owned and controlled by 500,000 farmers who grow their coffee on small farms, as opposed"
"defamation"" as well as a retraction from all newspapers that published the comic strip that day. Federation President Gabriel Silva called the comic strip ""a denigrating and disrespectful piece of black humor"". Peters responded saying that he loves Colombia, drinks Colombian coffee every day, and meant no offense or insult. Peters said the comic strip is meant to be read along with the other comic strips that week, including one that refers to a can of Pringles potato chips containing the ashes of the inventor of Pringles. Mother Goose and Grimm Mother Goose and Grimm (a.k.a. Mother Goose & Grimm)"
"fellow dogs; Boomer, Hudson, Droolia (a female Bullmastiff with a drooling problem), Gus (a Scottish Terrier), Beaumont (or ""Bobo"", the owner of the titular cafe), Poo Poo (a Bichon Frise), and a zen goldfish named ""Fish"". Other semi-recurring characters are Tito (the garbage man), Sheldon (a pigeon with a pork pie hat), and Margo (the dog-walker). The strip takes its name from the cafe where Poncho and his friends gather to compare notes (and complain) about life among the humans. The universe of the comic strip is one in which dogs are recognizably canine in some of their behavior but"
"coffee seeds into the country. Some historians give credit to the Jesuits monks, who had farming lands in the """"Llanos Orientales"""", Valle del Cauca and other regions. Other historians point to father Romero, the parochial priest of Salazar de las Palmas, Norte de Santander. There are stories that narrate that father Romero would impose to his parishioners, in penance for their sins, to plant coffee seeds in their backyards. It was during the 19th century that the transformation of the Colombian economy took place, going from a system of mules, tobacco and gold into a system based on coffee, railways"
"decided to stay. Since his tail was plump and curled up like a cinnamon roll, she decided to call him Cinnamon. Cinnamon became instantly popular with customers and soon became Café Cinnamon's official mascot. Now, when he is not napping on the café terrace, Cinnamon flies around the town looking for fun and new adventures with his friends Chiffon, Mocha, Espresso, Cappuccino, and Little Milk. When he was first created by Sanrio in 2001, he was called . A year later he was ""renamed"" , to remedy any problems with the registration of the mark overseas, however he is now"
"name or image of Juan Valdez. Café Britt filed a $200,000 counter-suit, after producing an affidavit from a Costa Rican man, Juan Valdez, certifying that ""he"" does drink Costa Rican coffee. Café Britt also argued that the phrase is so common as to be ineligible for legal protection. Fedcafé maintains that Café Britt agreed in early 2006 to stop using its trademarks; Pablo Vargas, the manager of Café Britt, denies that such an agreement existed. The only and final agreement, according to Fedcafé's proposal of January 19, 2006, consisted in the total recall of the t-shirts. This is the agreement"
"of the new town in front of the chapel. After three years and with a growing community, the new village needed a mayor. Don Jorge de Cuéllar, son of Don Luis de Cuéllar, an important figure in the town of Timaná, was appointed to the post. Don Luis was one of the owners of the region and was of noble lineage, being the son of Don Jerónimo de Cuéllar, whose family originated in the kingdoms of Spain, in Andalusia. Colombia is the second largest producer of coffee in the world and the largest producer of washed and Arabica coffee. The"
"His return to the Federation marked the reappearance of one of Colombia's most important coffee names in an active role in the industry. Under Ospina Pérez' aegis, the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia successfully consolidated the nation's coffee industry and promoted it in the world markets to great effect. Colombia became the largest producer of prime ""Coffea arabica"" coffee in the world. He laid a very solid corporative foundation, and today, the Colombian Coffee Federation congregates and supports over 500,000 independent coffee growers and small farmers. The general managers or directors of the National Federation of Coffee Growers"
"quality coffee in Colombia. plantain, cassava, Salentune potato and sugarcane are also cultivated, mostly for sale in the local markets. Some of the typical food and drinks are: Quindío department is the main exponent of traditional Cultura Cafetera (coffee culture) in the country. There are several events all around the year that attracts a large number of visitors to this region. With the purpose of preserving this cultural expression, the regional government promotes the declaration of Patrimony of Humanity by the UNESCO. Among other events: The Quimbayan Christmas Panther is an indigenous & sacred animal recognized by indigenous and mestizo"