Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 to December 2, 1993) was a Columbian drug lord and leader of the Medellín Cartel, who at his peak, controlled more than 80% of the international cocaine trade. Escobar entered the cocaine trade in the early 1970s and became famous for waging war against the Columbian government, as well as ordering the assassinations of thousands of individuals including police officers, journalists, high ranking officials and politicians . However, he was also well known for his charitable qualities, investing large sums of money into such public works as the construction of schools, sporting fields and housing developments for the poor. Whilst portrayed as a terrorist and Villain by Columbian officials and the …show more content…
Sparked by the revolutionary rhetoric of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, bandits roamed the jungles and perfected the Columbian art of terror. This period was known as “La Violencia” translating to ‘the violence’, in which was a ten-year civil war in Columbia from 1948-1958. La Violencia originated through an intense political feud between Liberals and Conservatives, for which there was no coherent structure to the conflict. Columbia’s population was divided through its citizen’s party affiliations, where party loyalties were treated almost as religion, where young children ‘inherited’ their status as a Liberal or Conservative by their family and neighbours and were often told to hate the other party. It was the election year of 1946, however, that marked the darkest times in Columbian history. The brutal violence and unprecedented levels of killings were described as “a nightmarish period of bloodletting so empty of meaning it is simple called la Violencia ”. The response of the Columbian government was forceful repression , which did nothing more than fuel the conflict rather than reduce it. The chaotic environment juxtaposed with political instability and poor law enforcement had a long-lasting effect on the Columbian society, causing a deep distrust for the government and its institutions. These events were predecessors for even more crime and …show more content…
With the substantial amounts of money he was making from his cocaine business, Escobar ‘bought off’ the majority of the Columbian authorities including the police, judges and politicians through bribes to allow him to run his cartel without facing persecution. Escobar’s famous policy in his war against the government was highlighted in his quote “Plata o Plomo” which translates to ‘silver or lead’. You either accepted his bribe, or you were met with his bullets. The money he had attracted the attention of others however, through this tyranny of fear and violence, Escobar’s power and influence was virtually untouchable. This was shown on November 13, 1981, when Jorge Luis Ochoa, a member of the Ochoa family in which were a highly respected long-time partner to Pablo in the drug business, informed Escobar that his sister had been kidnapped. She was being held ransom by the communist, left-wing guerrilla group M-19 for twelve million dollars. Escobar took these actions to his business partners as a personal offence, thus he held a meeting at Hacienda Nápoles attended by 200 drug traffickers across the country. Here, he established himself as the leader of the formation of their own paramilitary organization, ‘Muerte a Secuestradores (MAS)’, translating to ‘Death to Kidnappers’. Through this ruthless organisation, thousands of men were
Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro, born in Trujillo, Estremadura, Spain, in 1471. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca Gonzalez, Francisco did not know how to read or write. He had little education throughout his life. His father was a captain of infantry and had fought in many battles. Pizarro always wanted to explore and sail.
Benito Juárez was born to an indigenous family in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, in 1806; during most of his childhood, he only spoke Zapotec. In the city of Oaxaca, he lived with his sister who was a servant at the house of Don Antonio Maza. He studied at the Santa Cruz Seminary, the only secondary school in Oaxaca.
In addition, his success was also due to corruption in Colombia. The government was so corrupted that nearly half of all the police department in Colombia was working for Pablo Escobar illegally. This made it easy for Pablo to control them over time through money, persuasion and threats. In the end, with too much power comes to much responsibility of which Pablo could not handle, and eventually was pressured into getting caught and was shot by a Colombian officer. After this, the news about Pablo’s death was revolutionary for Colombia.
He was born on December 1, 1949, in Columbia. As a young boy, he told friends and family that he wanted to be the president of Columbia, and take over. Yet as he saw it, his path to wealth and legitimacy lay in crime. He started young as a petty street thief, stealing cars before moving into the drug business. He used to smuggle cigarettes. Escobar moved fast to take control of the cocaine trade. Escobar was deep into the cocaine trade, if someone that was working for Escobar wasn’t doing their job right, he would have orders to kill that person. Well his fame grew Escobar didn’t follow his dream to be seen as a leader. If you messed with Pablo Escobar he was going to kill you, or your family. Then he would blow up your house. Escobar tried to convince the Colombian politics to have a no extradition, so he could run for president. Pablo Escobar wished to be president of Columbia to have even greater influence and power. People called Escobar a Narco, In Spanish, the term "narco" is an abbreviation of the word "narcotraficante" (drug trafficker). Before this usage, in the United States, the term "narc" (or "narco") referred to a specialist officer of a narcotics police force, such as a DEA agent
Ernesto Guevara de Serna was born in Argentina in 1928 into a fairly privileged family. He developed serious asthma at the age of two, which would plague him throughout his life. He was home-schooled by his mother, Celia de la Serna. It was these early years when he became an eager reader of Marx, Engels, and Freud which all were all part of his father's library. He went to secondary school in 1941, the Colegio Nacional Dean Funes, Cordoba, where he excelled in literature and sports.
April 9, 1948, was a tragic day in Colombia’s history. On this day, Jorge Eliécer Gaítán, a candidate for the presidency of Colombia, was assassinated. In the 10 hour period that followed the assassination, angry mobs marched throughout the city of Bogota, looting and burning down over 100 buildings. Before the night would end, nearly 3,000 people would die in the streets. This terrible event in Colombia’s history is today referred to as the Bogotazo. This paper examines some of the underlying reasons contributing to the outbreak of this violence and the events that transpired during the Bogotazo. The paper concludes that the events leading to the violence of the Bogotazo are still present in Colombia today and will hamper its prospects for peace in the future.
Francisco Pizarro was a conquistador born in Trujillo, Spain in about 1471. His father, Gonzalo Pizarro, was an infantry captain and he taught Francisco how to fight at an early age. Francisco Pizarro never learned to read and write but he was full of adventure.
After growing up in a poverty stricken family, Escobar always had a soft spot in his heart for those who had little. While suffering from severe poverty, Escobar and his brother Roberto notoriously were once sent home from school as they were unable to afford shoes. His criminal career began after being forced to leave a local university as he was unable to pay the tuition required. He and his brother allegedly got into crime by stealing gravestones and sanding them down for resale. They soon became involved in street scams and other crimes, including selling contraband cigarettes, selling fake lottery tickets, and stealing cars. According to his cousin, Jaime Gaviria, Escobar once said “If no rich person in Colombia does anything for the poor. How can we fix inequality in our country? Steal from the rich.” (Valbuena, 2011, p.2) It seems that he took this declaration to heart, as evidenced by his charitable attitude. During
Francisco Franco was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975, including the time of WW2. Perhaps he was better known as “El Caudillo,” translated into English as The Leader. He was born and raised in Spain. He was a very brilliant military general who led Nationalist rebels in defeating the Spanish government during the Spanish Civil War. Although he was viewed as a Fascist Dictator, he strongly opposed communism. He was an extremely important figure in the course of world history.
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, the man that ruled cocaine distribution around the world, and devastated it in the process. Pablo Escobar’s influence and fame were so vast and reaching he outgrew his britches. Escobar’s vision and narcissistic approach which rose him to become the most intelligent, violent and influential political figure of narcotics and the Medellin cartel; which, led to the fatal bullet ending him on the rooftop of an abandoned house in his home town.
A major Mexican drug cartel is called the Sinaloa Cartel, which is still around today. The founders of the Sinaloa Cartel are: Jaime Herrera; Jorge Favela Escobar; Pedro Áviles Pérez, who was killed September 9, 1978; Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, captured in April 8, 1989; and Héctor Luis “El Guero Palmo, captured in June 24, 1995, and extradited to the U.S. to face drug-trafficking charges on January 19, 2007. The current leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel are Arturo Beltrán Leyva, and his brothers, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García.
Pablo Escobar dedicated most of his life to being the spearhead of the Medellin drug cartel in Colombia. The Medellin Cartel was not just a business, it was an empire. It possessed countless camps as well as laboratories devoted to the production of drugs. As it was mentioned earlier, the profits of the cartel were very high. The immense amount of money was put toward the purchase of new labs, planes, and even an island. The Medellin Cartel focused predominantly on cocaine. Not only did Pablo Escobar run a “criminal enterprise” committed to illegally trafficking drugs, he was also “responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of government officials, police, prosecutors, judges, journalists, and innocent bystanders” (Kelley). By spending large amounts of money on public projects to help others, many saw him as a very generous, caring man. Most people only saw the Pablo Escobar that loved to share his wealth with those who needed it in his hometown. They did not see what he was really capable of, commit...
Pablo once told his mother that he wanted to be "big" someday but I don't think this was what she had in mind. Pablo started out making money by sneaking into grave yards at night and stealing the tombstones from the deceased he would then sand blast the engraving off of the tombstone and sell them as new grave markers to the Panamanians. By age twenty Pablo was also an accomplished car thief. His small time crimes would never amount to what he was going to become. His reputation grew after a well known Medellin drug dealer named Fabio Restrepo was murdered in 1975 ostensibly by Escobar,all of Restrepo's men were informed that they now worked for Pablo.. It was here that he began his pattern of dealing with the authorities by either bribing them or killing them.
One thing you should know about Pablo Escobar is that he dealt with people with silver or lead. That means if bribing you did not work, he would kill you.9 He was born on December 1, 1949, in Antioquia, Colombia.1 Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria started from nothing to one of the most wealthiest people in the world.1 When he was a child, he was so poor he couldn’t afford shoes.4 His father’s name is Abel de Jesus Dari Escobar.9 Escobar’s father was a farmer and his mother, Hermilda Gaviria, was a elementary school teacher.9 Pablo Escobar fantasized about being the President of Colombia.9 Before smuggling drugs, he stole tombstones and blasted them with sand.9 After everything was removed, he would sell them to Panama smugglers.9 He would also
Selecting a gift for a person with a different nationality is always difficult because in order to select an appropriate gift, you should understand their culture which is perhaps slightly or very different yours.