1988: Colisión de Minitecas

Copa Discos Mora, at the Pabellón de Ferias San Jacinto

On June 19, 1988, Radio Satélite 1430 presented the “Colisión de Minitecas, Copa Discos Mora” at the Pabellón de Ferias San Jacinto in Maracay, with nine crews from several regions of the country competing together for the first time.

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What is on record (according to the original poster)

· Event: “Colisión de Minitecas, Copa Discos Mora” — “Together for the first time, competing, the biggest minitecas in the country.”
· Presented by: Radio Satélite 1430, “la estación de las dos capitales” (the station of the two capitals) (Guacara, Carabobo state, between Valencia and Maracay).
· Venue: Pabellón de Ferias San Jacinto, Maracay, Aragua state.
· Date and time: Sunday, June 19, 1988, 2:00 pm.
· General admission: Bs. 70 per person.

The bill

The bill brings together the bulk of Caracas's big minitecas (ZC, Betelgeuse, Sandy Lane, Fantasma, New York People and My Way) with the local Aragua representative (Ofrenda) and two guests from outside the region: Soultrain, from Maracaibo, and La Cosa Nostra, from Mérida.

· ZC (Caracas) — “¡Es… control total!”, “the biggest in the world.”
· Betelgeuse (Caracas) — “the legend.”
· Sandy Lane (Caracas).
· Fantasma (Caracas) — “the perfect mobile disco.”
· New York People (Caracas) — “the authentic one.”
· Soultrain (Maracaibo).
· La Cosa Nostra (Mérida) — “the supreme sound.”
· Ofrenda (Aragua) — “the show of music.”
· My Way (Caracas).

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The poster fixes the date, venue, presenter and the bill of nine minitecas, but the winner, the panel of judges, the discjockeys and how the night unfolded are still missing. If you have the program, photographs or accounts of the 1988 Colisión de Minitecas, the MiniTK Archive will include them with credit.

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Credits and sources

· Primary source: original poster of the “Colisión de Minitecas, Copa Discos Mora” — Radio Satélite 1430, Pabellón de Ferias San Jacinto, Sunday, June 19, 1988, 2:00 pm, Bs. 70, with the bill of the nine participating minitecas; kept in the CMTK Archive.
· Location of the Pabellón de Ferias San Jacinto in Maracay, Aragua state: public record (including its Spanish-language Wikipedia entry).
· Location of Radio Satélite 1430 in Guacara, Carabobo state: Cámara Venezolana de la Industria de la Radiodifusión (cvir.com.ve).
· Under documentary verification: the winner, the panel of judges, the discjockeys and the prizes of the night.

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Source consulted on July 10, 2026

80s · Minitecas · Rumbas