Pedro Nel Ospina-Vasquez, son of Don Mariano, furthered the Ospina family tradition and worked arduously to improve and expand the coffee plantations. In 1910 he was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to the United States and in 1922 he was elected as the country's 36th President.
Pedro Nel's brother, Mariano Ospina-Vasquez, was the President of the First National Committee of Coffee Growers whose job it is to enforce the programs and policies set forth by the National Congress of Coffee growers.
In 1920, the First National Congress of Coffee Growers convened in Bogotá, presided over by Epifanio Montoya, Alfredo Vasquez Cobo and Tulio Ospina-Vasquez, another son of Don Mariano. This Congress laid the foundation for the organization of the coffee growers of Colombia.
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