Osman Delgado 09/22/2014 Essay #1 (Pablo Escobar) Pablo Escobar was known as one of the richest men in the 20th century because of his involvement in the selling of drugs from Colombia to North America and Europe. In Medellin‚ he was known amongst the poor people as “Robin Rood”. Even though Pablo Escobar obtained his fortune through an illegal way‚ he never left the poor behind and this is why he was so loved. I believe that what he did by helping the poor was good during the first time of his
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To a large extent the Medellin Cartel under Pablo Escobar negatively influenced the Columbian society between 1976 and 1993 as many people were killed and the Columbian economy was affected for example the “Dutch disease”. However‚ Pablo and the Medellin cartel also positively influenced the Columbian society by their good deeds such as giving the poor money‚ schools and houses. The Medellin Cartel was a ruthless‚ highly organized and much-feared‚ they built an empire that‚ at its peak‚ made more
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Did you know that Pablo Escobar was responsible for 80% of the cocaine that was smuggled into the U.S? Yeah he was a very notorious drug lord who was very wealthy and powerful. In the following paragraphs‚ I’ll be talking about who Pablo Escobar was. Pablo Escobar was born on December 1‚ 1949 in Antioquia‚ Colombia. When Escobar was a young man‚ he wanted to become the president of Colombia. However he then realized that his pathway to wealth and power was in crime. In the 1970’s the cocaine market
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Pablo Escobar the man who Colombia will always remember. How they remember him is totally different depending on each person. He was a humble person who came from one of the poorest parts of Colombia. He was at the bottom‚ but his dream was higher than any other kid his age. At the end of the day people saw him as two things only The Robin Hood of Colombia or the Terrorist of Colombia. Pablo Escobar was just like any ordinary kid‚ he came from a good family‚ but was raised in one of the poorest
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Martin McDonald English 101 Amy Riddle April 27‚ 2005 Medellin was founded in 1616 in the scenic Aburrá valley‚ but remained small until the coffee boom. Medellin now has a population of almost 3 million people‚ with an area of 362 kilometers squared‚ and an average temperature of 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Medellin is widely regarded in Colombia as a clean‚ well-organized and economically vibrant community. Its people are hard-working and industrious. Major industries include coffee and flower
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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a colombain drug lord and leader of one of the most powerful criminal organizations ever assembled. Pablo controlled a vast empire of drugs and murders that covered the globe. He made billions of dollars‚ ordered that murder of hundreds if not thousands of people‚ and ruled over a personal empire of mansions‚ airplanes‚ a private zoo and even his own army of soldiers and hardened criminals. Pablo was born December 1‚ 1949 into a lower-middle class family‚ young Pablo
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control violent attacks was made obvious to the drug cartels‚ who then used this weakness in government to gain political influence with bribery‚ threats‚ and political contributions. Colombia’s isolated landscape abated the ever growing drug production. It’s location in the northwest corner of South America allowed drug shipments to be easily be made to the United States or Europe. From the production and economy of cocaine to the notorious cartels‚ large amounts of drugs imported into the US‚ and
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which was a time period in Columbia when it was prevalent for drug kingpins to use soccer clubs to launder their money. One of the most infamous kingpins was Pablo Escobar. Pablo was typically known as a murderer in Columbia‚ but did have one passion in life‚ and that was soccer. The other Escobar‚ Andres‚ who had no blood relation to Pablo‚ was the star defensive player for Columbia’s soccer team. One thing these two had in common‚ besides their last name‚ was that the people in Columbia disliked
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The two strongest groups called themselves the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the other was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Making things worse‚ in the 1970s drug trafficking became a huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They were made mainly of drug traffickers and landowners. The main paramilitary group called themselves the United Self Defense
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The Two Escobar Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist While rival drug cartels warred in the streets and the country’s murder rate climbed to highest in the world‚ the Colombian national soccer team set out to blaze a new image for their country. What followed was a mysteriously rapid rise to glory‚ as the team catapulted out of decades of obscurity to become one of the best teams in the world. Central to this success were two men named Escobar: Andrés‚ the captain and poster child of the National
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