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Author: Gabriel García Márquez Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 1101911220 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 306
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AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! In 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar – head of the Medellín drug cartel – kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, García Márquez describes the survivors’ perilous ordeal and the bizarre drama of the negotiations for their release. He also depicts the keening ache of Colombia after nearly forty years of rebel uprisings, right-wing death squads, currency collapse and narco-democracy. With cinematic intensity, breathtaking language and journalistic rigor, García Márquez evokes the sickness that inflicts his beloved country and how it penetrates every strata of society, from the lowliest peasant to the President himself.
Author: Gabriel García Márquez Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 1101911220 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 306
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AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! In 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar – head of the Medellín drug cartel – kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, García Márquez describes the survivors’ perilous ordeal and the bizarre drama of the negotiations for their release. He also depicts the keening ache of Colombia after nearly forty years of rebel uprisings, right-wing death squads, currency collapse and narco-democracy. With cinematic intensity, breathtaking language and journalistic rigor, García Márquez evokes the sickness that inflicts his beloved country and how it penetrates every strata of society, from the lowliest peasant to the President himself.
Author: Ramón A. Feenstra Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1786613638 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 109
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Large sections of democracy and its basic structures have recently been hijacked. By stealth, powerful elites have gradually gained control of the political sphere and transformed it to serve their own interests. The political systems of what appear to be established democracies in all corners of the world are showing signs of this takeover, which has led to widespread citizen disaffection and indignation. Kidnapped Democracy uses the metaphor of captivity to illustrate the differences and similarities between conventional kidnappings and the hijacking of a political system. The book’s nine chapters identify the kidnappers, the accomplices, the hostages, the victims and the negotiators before examining the effect of a peculiar Stockholm syndrome and, finally, reflecting on possible ways to secure the release of democracy.
Author: Gene H. Bell-Villada Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458755142 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 674
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Gabriel Garca Mrquez is one of the most influential writers of our time, with a unique literary creativity rooted in the history of his native Colombia. This revised and expanded edition of a classic work is the first book of criticism to consider in detail the totality of Garca Mrquezs magnificent oeuvre. In a beautifully written examination, G...
Author: Gabriel García Márquez Publisher: ISBN: Category : Drug traffic Languages : de Pages : 458
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Der kolumbianische Nobelpreisträger, große Romancier und Journalist Gabriel García Márquez erzählt in einer aufrüttenden Reportage, in deren Mittelpunkt die Geschichte zweier Frauen steht, von einer spektakulären Entführung durch das Medellinkartell in Kolumbien. Am Schicksal von zehn 1990 vom Medellin-Kartell entführten Journalisten und Angehörigen einflußreicher Familien zeigt García Márquez deren Erlebnisse im Trauma der Gewalt, die politischen Verhältnisse in Kolumbien und die Macht Pablo Escobars. Das Buch ist kein Roman, sondern eine Reportage über eine dramatische Episode im Krieg der kolumbianischen Gesellschaft gegen die Kokainmafia: Im Jahr 1990 ließ der damalige Chef des Medellin-Kartells ingesamt 10 prominente Journalisten und Angehörigen einflußreicher Familien des Landes entführen, um von der Regierung Zugeständnisse zu erpressen. García Márquez hat sowohl die Schicksale der Geiseln in ihrer etlichen Monate dauernden Gefangenschaft als auch die Bemühungen um ihre Befreiung bis ins Detail recherchiert und einen Bericht verfaßt der zugleich den Zustand eines von mafiosen Strukturen beherrschten Landes beschreibt
Author: Roy Godson Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351505777 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 318
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One of the more dangerous contemporary threats to the quality of life is the collaboration of the political establishment with the criminal underworld - the political-criminal nexus (PCN). This active partnership increasingly undermines the rule of law, human rights, and economic development in many parts of the world. States in transition are especially at risk. Despite the magnitude of the threat, there is little understanding of the security threats by the PCNs and how and why political-criminal relationships are formed and maintained. Menace to Society is the first attempt to develop an analytical framework for making generalizations about this contemporary scourge. Case studies of Colombia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and Ukraine, and the United States by leading scholars and practitioners included here answer such key questions as: How do PCNs get established? How is a PCN maintained, and destroyed? What do the participants want from each other in a PCN? What can be learned from those who have successfully countered the PCN? The findings indicate that political, economic, and cultural factors play a significant role in the formation and evolution of PCNs. When the institutions of the state are weak, as in Nigeria and Colombia, it is difficult for the state to prevent political-criminal collaboration. A lack of checks and balances, either from civil society or opposition political parties such as described in the cases of Mexico and Russia, is a key factor. Cultural patterns tend to facilitate this kind of collaboration. Markets and economics, too, bear on the PCN issue. The supply and demand for illegal goods and services, not only drugs, in many countries creates a market controlled by criminals who need political help to "run" their business. Menance to Society will be critical reading for security planners, foreign and military policymakers, and political scientists.
Author: Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 360
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This insightful book introduces the most important trends, people, events, and products of popular culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. In recent times, Latin American influences have permeated American culture through music, movies, television, and literature. This sweeping volume serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, focusing on Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, among other areas. The work encourages hands-on engagement with the popular culture in these places, making such suggestions as Brazilian films to rent or where to find Venezuelan music on the Internet. To start, the book covers various perspectives and issues of these regions, including the influence of the United States, how the idea of machismo reflects on the portrayal of women in these societies, and the representation of Latino-Caribo cultures in film and other mediums. Entries cover key trends, people, events, and products from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Each section gives detailed information and profound insights into some of the more academic—and often controversial—debates on the subject, while the inclusion of the Internet, social media, and video games make the book timely and relevant.
Author: Hermann Herlinghaus Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1623567017 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 295
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Narcoepics Unbound foregrounds the controversial yet mostly untheorized phenomenon of contemporary Latin American 'narcoepics.' Dealing with literary works and films whose characteristics are linked to illicit global exchange, informal labor, violence, 'bare life,' drug consumption, and ritualistic patterns of identity, it argues for a new theoretical approach to better understand these 'narratives of intoxication.' Foregrounding the art that has arisen from or seeks to describe drug culture, Herlinghaus' comparative study looks at writers such as Gutiérrez, J. J. Rodríguez, Reverte, films such as City of God, and the narratives surrounding cultural villains/heroes such as Pablo Escobar. Narcoepics shows that that in order to grasp the aesthetic and ethical core of these narratives it is pivotal, first, to develop an 'aesthetics of sobriety.' The aim is to establish a criteria for a new kind of literary studies, in which cultural hermeneutics plays as much a part as political philosophy, analysis of religion, and neurophysiological inquiry.
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing ISBN: 1615302298 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 319
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From the whimsical idealism of Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote to the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquezs 100 Years of Solitude, Spanish-language literature has substantially enriched the global literary canon. This volume examines the vibrant prose and dynamic range of both Spanish and Latin American authors, whose narratives are informed as much by their imaginations as the turbulent histories of these native lands. Influenced by a plethora of diverse cultures, these tales truly tell a global story.
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Author: Ramón A. Feenstra
Author: Gene H. Bell-Villada
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Author: Roy Godson
Author: Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Author: Daniel Balderston
Author: Hermann Herlinghaus
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing