At the end of the 18th century, Severo Arango y Ferro arrived in Granada (present-day Colombia). His main goal for Spain was to improve tax collection in the American-Spanish colonies. Arango's power became so great that he was called DICTADOR. After discovering the rum, Arango immediately falls in love with the drink. His love for elixir prompted Arango to become the region's leading seller of sugar cane spirits. In 1913, more than 180 years after the dictator's legend, one of his descendants founded Destilería Colombiana. For many years, Don Julio Arango Parra has been studying all the intricacies of the Dictator myth. Eventually, Parra managed to become one of the best producers of Colombian rum in the region. So he dedicated his life to his ancestor's inheritance. Currently, the Dictador brand embodies the best qualities of Colombian culture. The rum has been produced for 100 years by the company Destileria Colombiana in Cartagena, Colombia. The recipe for rum production is kept strictly secret and passed down from generation to generation. Numerous awards and medals received in international competitions speak about the high quality of the product.