{"id":181693,"date":"2026-06-20T14:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/singer-draco-rosa-receives-his-new-citizenship\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:27:23","slug":"singer-draco-rosa-receives-his-new-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/singer-draco-rosa-receives-his-new-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Draco Rosa Receives His New Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rican <a href=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/draco-rosa-thrills-his-fans-with-montserrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">singer<\/a> Draco Rosa, known for his career in Latin music, was granted Colombian citizenship on Friday, President Gustavo Petro announced via his X account.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many people around the world today are proud to hold Colombian citizenship, because it is a citizenship of freedom and life,&#8221; the president said.<\/p>\n<p>The government granted citizenship to the singer-songwriter today, although the decision was announced in February of last year, when Draco Rosa applied for Colombian citizenship and the government decided to grant it to him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181688\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181688 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sin-titulo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Draco Rosa Receives His New Citizenship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"2051\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Robi Draco Rosa, the stage name of Robert Edward Rosa Su\u00e1rez (Long Island, 1969), was born in the United States and is of Puerto Rican descent. He is a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner and has enjoyed a successful musical career spanning more than forty years. <\/p>\n<p>Highlights of his musical career include songs he wrote himself, such as \u201cMar\u00eda,\u201d \u201cLa copa de la vida,\u201d \u201cVagabundo,\u201d \u201cPen\u00e9lope,\u201d \u201cBlanca mujer,\u201d \u201cMadre tierra,\u201d \u201cBrujer\u00eda,\u201d \u201cLa flor del fr\u00edo,\u201d and \u201cM\u00e1s y m\u00e1s,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>The Petro administration has granted citizenship to other figures, including Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ram\u00edrez, a symbol of a group of opposition figures whom Nicaragua\u2019s president, Daniel Ortega, stripped of their citizenship, according to Agencia EFE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rican singer Draco Rosa, known for his career in Latin music, was granted Colombian citizenship on Friday, President Gustavo Petro announced via his X account. &#8220;Many people around the world today are proud to hold Colombian citizenship, because it is a citizenship of freedom and life,&#8221; the president said. 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