Why did Piedad Córdoba always wear a turban?
On the afternoon of Saturday, January 20, it was announced the death of Piedad Córdoba in the city of Medellín, due to a heart attack that took his life at the age of 68.
“On January 20, 2024, at 12:50 pm, Senator Piedad Córdoba Ruiz was transferred by her family and immediately admitted to the emergency service,” said the statement issued by the Conquistadores Clinic of Medellín.
Likewise, the medical center indicated that, after the evaluation, Córdoba was found without vital signs. Despite resuscitation efforts in the corresponding room, noor a response was obtained, and his death was declared, placing the body at the disposal of Forensic Medicine.
The reason why Piedad Córdoba wore turbans
It is worth remembering that the turbans that Córdoba wore on his head They were his distinctive characteristic, despite the fact that his political career was marked by his radical leftist positions, his participation in the liberation of those kidnapped by the FARC and his closeness to the Venezuelan regimes.
The senator of the Historical Pact always appeared wearing turbans. In fact, a while ago, Córdoba was seen with one that It cost more than 4 million pesos, ensuring that for her this is more than a fashion; It was a tradition inherited from her mother.
But there was a fact that led the senator to use this garment even more. According to his testimony to Fuchsia Magazine a few years ago, when he took office in the House of Representatives, he experienced a situation with a woman whom he asked to make him a hairstyle characteristic of Afro-descendant communities.
However, as reported in the same medium, the woman responded that this style was typical of the service ladies and suggested that she get another one. Faced with what was said, Córdoba told him.
“My braids, my turbans, my clothes are a way of expressing what I feel for being of African descent; “It is a way to challenge those who caricature me as black,” the senator expressed to Fuchsia magazine a few years ago.