Gran Colombia

the height of its power was smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine a day, which was worth more than half a billion dollars. Pablo Escobar is responsible for making cocaine the global drug of choice. He did this by transporting cocaine by the ton from Colombia to larger markets in both America and Europe. (Watson and Katel 18). He was also the top cocaine boss in the Medellín Cartel. The alliance of Mexico’s Ochoa family, Escobar, Jose Gonzalo Rodrigues Gacha, and Carlos Ledher is known as the…

Pablo Escobar is one of the most infamous drug dealers of all time, and the new show Narcos will be based on Escobar and part of his life. Narcos has a combination of everything that makes a great show, with violent, dramatic and intimate scenes. It also tells the story of Steve Murphy, an up and coming DEA agent who was assigned to move from Miami to Columbia and take down Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. Murphy also gives a first person narrative of his accounts throughout the show in between…

In the Article “ Deported Mothers”, Tatiana Sanchez discusses U.S. immigration policy. The immigration policy is not too strict. The U.S. has laws that must be followed. If immigrants can not follow U.S. policies they should not be in the United States. On the other hand, Tatiana Sanchez leans toward the immigration policy as being too strict. In the case that immigrants get deported for three to ten years. In the following paragraphs, we will talk about how U.S. immigration policies are not too…

Since the 1950s, Colombia has been marked by violence, bombings, and assassinations which has hindered its progress into being considered a developed country. On October 2nd, 2016, after several years of negotiations, the government and the Marxist rebel group La FARC, agreed on an official peace treaty, ending the civil war that has plagued the country. It was then laid out in a referendum whether the populace supported “yes” or “no” towards the deal. According to the BBC (2016), most polling…

Luis Garavito was born January 25, 1957 in Genova Columbia. He was the oldest of 7 boys. He had a rough life style. He was beaten by his father and raped by 2 male neighbors several times. He left home when he was only 16 year’s old and started working as a store clerk. He also had only 5 years of school which put him behind a lot. As the years went by Luis went from job to job in time he started to drink a lot at a young age to the point nobody wanted to be around him. He eventually ended up…

People look at heroism in many ways. Some individuals refer to heroes as those who help society during and after hardships. On the other hand, individuals don't consider a hero as a man who may have done bad and great at the same time. Pablo Escobar was a man that was viewed as an awful individual yet in the other nation was a hero to numerous. Pablo Escobar was from a poor background, because of these conditions he never finished his education rather he wandered in business of drugs. He was…

fear in most parts of the cities (John). Escobar had no problem killing any one in his path. Many people lived their lives in fear due to his reign over the cartel(s). Economically, Colombia was doing just fine, there was lots of money fluctuating in and out of the country. Escobar kept the government so unstable Colombia was viewed by other countries as a narcrocrasy. The government itself felt as if they were being controlled by Pablo (John). Columbia was constantly importing and exporting…

Pele On October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil, soccer legend Pelé was born as Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. His parents were João Ramos do Nascimento who was Pelé's father and was also a professional soccer player and Celeste Arantes who was his mother. Maria Lúcia Nascimento and Zeca Nascimento are Pelé's sisters. Pele and his family lived in the city of Bauru. Pele grew up in poverty so it wasn’t such a pleasant childhood. Also Pele’s friends were the ones that first called him Pele. Pele…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was born on March 6, 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia. Not only a poet, he is a screenwriter, publicist, and journalist, a very well rounded writer. His novels are simply beautiful and mysterious, connected to magical realism. A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, is one of his most famous pieces of work. Written and published in 1955, it depicts how an angel’s life changes, after he falls down from the sky. The main character is a combination of the simile of a ________…

Why Martin De Leon Was Important to Texas Martin De Leon was born in 1765 in the town of Nuevo Santander[Roell]. His parents were Bernardo and María Galván De León. They immigrated from Burgos, Spain. The family was educated and were taught in Paris and had a lot of money.Martin's father asked him if we wanted to complete his education in Monterey and Europe.Martin denied. Martin's first job was as a muleteer which is a person who train mules or move supplies. De Leon also worked for the mine…