Medellín

set the tone for the type of characters who will be involved. The second season was released in on September 2nd of this year and was given highly positive reviews. The show follows one of the world’s most prolific criminals, Pablo Escobar, and his Medellin Cartel based in Colombia. The show tells the entire story from Pablo’s birth in Colombia, rise to power and international fame, and subsequent death in Colombia. This paper will critique and analyze an important intersection between gender…

actually do the main work of trafficking by land, sea, or air, and monetary wealth and power that comes along with the international drug trafficking business. There were two major drug cartels operating out of Columbia in the 1970’s and 1980’s, the Medellin Cartel and the Cali Cartel, which fell to destruction through government interference by United States and Columbian bureaus, stricter Columbian laws, and violence among cartel leaders. Not only were these cartels using violence and power to…

Colombia is a small country located in South America. The people of this country have lived in fear for many years. In 1538 Spain entered Colombia. Before Spain’s entry, the land was populated mostly by isolated tropical-forest Indians. Simon Bolivar became the first president of The Republic of Greater Colombia, after a 14 year war that ended when Bolivar defeated the Spanish. A bloody war began in 1948 when a presidential hopeful Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated. This did not end…

Tragedy struck on November 28, as LAMIA Flight 2933 crashed just five miles away from its destination in Medellin, Colombia. Six people involved in the accident survived, unfortunately, the remaining 71 had died. Among the passengers were members of the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer squad, who were on their way to play in the Copa Sudamericana cup finals. The soccer club was having the best season it has had since its establishment in 1973 and it would have been the team's first appearance in the…

to cartel activities and everyone knew it was the cocaine boys. Drugs and crime goes hand in hand as explained by John Roberts in the documentary. John Roberts was a coke trafficker and distributed over two billion dollars’ worth of coke for the Medellin Cartel. Roberts explains that he went to Miami when he was 25 years old with only 652 dollars in his pocket. He started trafficking drugs as a means of quick easy money, out of pure necessity. He would sell an ounce of coke for 800 dollars to…

Current Family Stressors and Risk Factors Currently, my two sisters and I are going through a challenging period in which we are experiencing very poor communication. Not much effort is being made to resolve issues which have torn us apart. Our mother died 20 years ago from cervical cancer. In the wake of her death, all three of us have experienced various levels of addiction and alcoholism. Of the three of us, I am the only one who has attempted to recover, and I am grateful to say that I…

The Phenomenon of Poverty and its Impact upon Florida Children and Families Poverty Levels for Children in Florida A 2015 report from the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), with 1st representing the best state for children and 50th representing the worst state for children, New Hampshire ranks first, making it the state with the lowest percentage of children living in poverty. The same report ranks Mississippi at number 50; the state with not only the highest level of poverty experienced by…

Hernan Cortes Hernan Cortes was a spanish conquistador, military leader and explorer. He was most greatly known for conquering the Aztecs. He was born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain. His full name was Hernan Cortes, marques del Valle de Oaxaca. He sometimes also goes by Hernando Cortes. In some accounts it says that he studied at the university of Salamanca for a time. He came from a lesser noble family is Spain. Cortes died on december 2, 1547. Hernan Cortes was a very important historical leader…

Columbia Outline I. Religion A.religious believes B.death and afterlife II.Cultural Dynamism A. Sculpture B. Painting C. Literature D. Celebrations Notes I. Religion A. Patron saints Catholic practices and beliefs have been combined with indigenous, African, and sixteenth-century Spanish customs, such as: pray to a Patron saint is who considered “more accessible” than God Rural villages have a patron saint who is honored each year with a fiesta. B.death and…

Pizarro Altamirano, one of the biggest Conquistadores for Spain in the sixteen centuries. His life reveals the political, religious and intellectual extensions of the Spain Empire and the colonization of America. Hernán Cortés was born in 1485 in Medellin, a small town besides the Guadiana…