in the world. Central to this success were two men named Escobar: Andrés‚ the captain and poster child of the National Team‚ and Pablo‚ the infamous drug baron who pioneered the phenomenon known in the underworld as “Narco-soccer.” But just when Colombia was expected to win the 1994 World Cup and transform its international image‚ the shocking murder of Andres
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has won seventeen Latin Grammys‚ more than any other artist‚ and one Grammy Award. Juanes is also known for his humanitarian work. Juanes is one of the greatest musicians of Latin America. Juanes was born August 9‚ 1972 in Carolina del Principe‚ Colombia. He is the youngest child of Alicia Vasquez and Javier Aristizábal. His father called him Juanes‚ a contraction of his Juan Esteban which he later uses as his stage name. At age seven‚ Juanes learned to play the acoustic guitar from his father and
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which include cocaine‚ marijuana‚ heroin and more recently methamphetamine. This geographic area is crucial to the illegal drug industry because it is the world’s only source region for coca‚ which is used to produce cocaine (this is harvested in Colombia‚ Peru and Bolivia). Also‚ Central America‚ Mexico and the Caribbean are the main corridors for transporting drugs to the United States and Europe. The United States is the primary consumer of these products‚ but around 25 to 30 percent of global
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Sentiment had been growing in the colonies since the American Revolution‚ and so‚ the Latin American wars were vicious and were sparked by ideas of independence. Thanks to Napoleon’s invasion of Spain‚ the rebels in Latin America had the perfect excuse to declare their independence. However‚ even though the independence movements happened at a relatively close time from one another‚ they were not necessarily link together‚ since they have their own heroes and history. We can separate the Latin American
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Cited: Bowden‚ Mark. "The Life and Death of Pablo Escobar."Cocaine.org. N.p.‚ 2001. Web. 17 Feb. 2013. <http://cocaine.org/colombia/pablo-escobar.html>. Treaster‚ Joseph B. "Columbian Drug Baron Escapes Luxurious Prison After Gunfight."www.nytimes.com. N.p.‚ 23 July 1992. Web. 18 Feb. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/23/world/colombian-drug-baron-escapes-luxurious-prison-after-gunfight
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Spanish in the 16th century‚ Panama broke with Spain in 1821 and joined a union of Nueva Granada‚ Ecuador‚ and Venezuela‚ named the Republic of Gran Colombia. When Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831‚ Panama and Nueva Granada remained joined. Nueva Granada later became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States‚ Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903‚ allowing the Panama Canal to be built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. In 1977‚ an agreement was signed for the
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ACADEMICO: Language‚ Society and Culture PROFESORA: Patricia Escalante NOMBRES: Angie Camila Velandia Galindo CODIGO: 20112165153 Muiscas Offerings In the first place the Muiscas is a group of people that lived in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia‚ mainly in savanna cundiboyacense‚ including Bogotá‚ Nemocon Ubaté‚ Chiquinquirá‚ Pasca‚ Tunja and Sogamoso. The conditions of land suitable for agriculture and healthy climate made them sedentary. The main products were some artifacts as little
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While I was growing up in Colombia my idea of fun was going outside to the park either with my cousins or friends to play until it got dark and my mom would call me to go back inside the house. Growing up in Colombia is something very different than a kid growing up here in the United States. My afternoons during the week would always have around the same schedule as I would be back home by one in the afternoon‚ at two thirty I would had already eaten lunch‚ and by six all my homework would be
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Mana parts of the world doing business in foreign countries is dangerous. in the certain situation the country happen to be Colombia. Colombia is a country where there are violent drug cartels and terrorist groups doing ruthless acts for their own profits. A company named Chiquita fell victim to a couple of Colombian terrorist groups from 1997 up to 2004. The two groups were oppositions of one another and wanted payment in exchange for not killing employees of the company. Chiquita decided to pay
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Pakistan Banking Sector: The Need for Second Tier of Reforms Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Governor‚ State Bank of Pakistan Pakistan Banking Association‚ U.K 12 November 2006 Introduction 1. Banking sector of Pakistan has been transformed within a short period of 5 years (CY2000-05) from a sluggish and government-dominated sector to a much more agile‚ competitive and profitable industry. Speed and sequencing of banking sector transformation and its role in promoting economic growth is now a leading story
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