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The political importance of consumption in Latin America
The expansion of democracy in Latin America toward the end of the twentieth century moved the center of Latin American governmental issues researchers to research questions identifying with law based advancement. The bringing up of these issues, and particularly those identified with political conduct, was joined by an extended accessibility of information. One such field of study that has profited from information accessibility and equitably situated research points is that of media impacts. Generally, as the media scene was experiencing the structural worldwide conformity toward the online generation, we were …show more content…
Upon watching the movie, one would not fail to notice the rampant drug use among the characters in the movie. Just within the first few minutes in the movie, Monica’s friend is seen sniffing glue and under some sort of drunk stupor where he constantly refers to Monica as ‘my love’. Glue sniffing is common among the street children and is seen as one of the ways through which they escape from their troubles. After Monica is disappointed when the relationship with her boyfriend turns out to be a lie, she goes directly to her friend and asked for some glue, after which she hallucinates seeing her grandmother as some sort of saint who is coming to take her. Marijuana is another drug whose consumption is evident in the movie. The chief source of these drugs is the streets here, there are different cartels running the drugs. It can be noticed that the street kid are also involved in selling the drugs. This implies that there is no shortage of the drugs …show more content…
After this girl claims that talking with the boy has cost her the time that it would have taken hey to sell twenty roses, she asks him to pay her this amount for her time with him. They negotiate this and reach an agreement where she agrees to be paid fifteen thousand pesos for the boy to touch her and such her tits.
Drug use
There is a pronounced consumption of drugs in the streets of Medellin where the main culprits of this vice are the street children. They are also the ones responsible for the trafficking process and are seen to collude with the police in the act.
Foul language
One would not fail to notice that the street children and the drug pushers never seem to complete a statement without uttering an offensive word. Insults are traded, even among friends and no one seems to mind. This implies that the use of bad language has been engrained into them that it is normal for one to use it.
Crime and violence
Don Hector’s crew seem to be particularly inclined to commit crime violently. They are always armed with knives, which in one incident are seen using to stab to death one of the homeless men in the street. They do this in the name of defending one of the street girls from rape, but they do not seem to be sure whether the man they have killed is really the culprit or