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    Compile a one or two page summary of your meeting that includes: Identify the person (name, title, company, etc) & their qualifications / experience Anolber Escalante is a 47 years old BS in Sales Management and entrepreneur who has been working in diverse industries throughout his career. He started his career 28 years ago when he founded Corporacion Gigabyte, his first technology business in his home country Venezuela, which was challenging in the beginning because of his young age and…

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    This the story of Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria born December 1, 1949 was a Colombian drug lord and drug trafficker. His cartel, at the height of his career, supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States, turning over US $21.9 billion a year in personal income. Often called "The King of Cocaine", he was the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US $30 billion by the early 1990s.His criminal activities began on the streets of Medellin in…

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    Globalization And Cocaine

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    1960, less than 200 narcotic deaths were recorded in New York City”. By 2011, an average of 110 Americans died each day as a result of drug use. In the last 45 years, each administration has attempted different approaches to combating drugs in America. In 2010, President Obama launched the National Drug Control Strategy as a “blueprint for reducing illicit drug use and its harmful consequences in…

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    The war on drugs has transitioned onto the big screen with a long leash, projecting rigid, complex stories that tend to willfully navigate through treacherous waters (or desert, in this case) – all of which seem to adamantly indicate the United States is losing terribly. And, despite valiant protagonist efforts, movies of this nature quite often indicate that shades of gray are the easiest way to operate – ala Wild West style. In Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Prisoners), Emily…

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    Drug Control Thesis

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    Drug control policies Thesis statement There has been an ongoing debate on drug decriminalization, legalization and laying of stricter illicit drug control policies. Whereas some countries feel that decriminalizing illicit drugs will increase their consumption, some countries believe that it is important to put in place stricter rules. To proponents of putting stricter, it will reduce the consumption of these drugs thereby reducing the general damage that they pause to those who consume them.…

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    for his dark, white-knuckled films that address the complexities of human morality, director Denis Villeneuve executes a pragmatic and newfangled drug thriller that evokes the masterpiece, Traffic. Villeneuve’s 2015 film, Sicario, portrays how the United States contends with the escalating war on drugs against Mexican, and in particular, Sonoran, cartels. The film endorses positive and negative archetypes of Spanish-speaking individuals. Additionally, Villeneuve utilizes cinematic tools such as…

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    found themselves in dangerous situations, but they try to stay true to the badge, yet they bend the rules in order to get their job done. Brian and Mike were faced with good cop bad cop situations while dealing with gangsters, the Sinaloa cartel, and your typical drug addicts. Some of the artistic elements in the movies are very much alike. Ernesto and Alberto traveled by motorcycle and Brian and Mike rode in their patrol cars. In The Motorcycle Diaries, director Walter Salles took us on a…

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    keeping the borders closed are to prevent the flow of illegal drugs, and illegal migration into the United States. The United States government has a number of different law enforcement agencies patrolling both the northern and southern border to prevent the flow of illegal drugs, and illegal migration. This closed border concept is very important because of the damage that the drug trade, and illegal immigration can cause to a country. Drugs like cocaine, and marijuana are illegal, and when…

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    The ambition to impose the interests of drug trafficking, led Pablo Escobar Gaviria to try to establish his own laws and regulations, causing serious damage to the Colombian society and the government of that time. The perfect utopia that he dreamed, became the worst dystopia for the consequences in the country. The drug economy connected the production, marketing and finance in a network that ignores national boundaries. The clandestine nature of the drug economy difficult the analyze of their…

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    and spend money lobbying for, the continued criminalization of drugs. The continued criminalization of drugs is critical to the drug war, and includes strict punishments and sentences for those convicted of crimes involving drugs. It has been shown that groups such as private prisons, and prison guard unions lobby for strict punishments to increase incarceration, and reap the profits. These company’s contributions promote the war on drugs, by giving the state no incentive to scale back their…

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