10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDELLIN»
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Medellin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Medellin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the ...
BLOW is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pable Escobar's Medellin cartel-- the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s.
2
Kings of cocaine: inside the Medellín cartel, an astonishing ...
Traces the rise of the Medellin Cartel and reveals how the organization perfected its smuggling and processing operations.
Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen, 1989
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The War on Drugs: An International Encyclopedia
MEDELLIN CARTEL 133 and the erosion of civil liberties.McNamara has
recommended that “we should declare the war over,” suggesting that “we need to
step back,”and appoint a national commission to “see how Americans can be
more law ...
4
Turning the Tide: One Man Against the
Medellin Cartel
Carlos Lehder Rivas, kingpin of Colombia's most murderous cocaine empire, invited an American professor to Norman's Cay to study the hammerhead shark up close--and the two ended up in mortal combat.
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, 2010
5
Born to Die in
Medellin
First published in Columbia in 1990, the book rapidly became a best seller as a graphic exploration of one of the most violent societies in the world.
Alonso Salazar, Colin Harding, 1990
6
Colombia: The Bradt Travel Guide
As a consequence Medellin has blossomed into a fine city of considerable
elegance with high-end restaurants, swanky bars, chi-chi boutiques, iconic street
art and plush galleries in abundance. Today, it is hard to believe that stylish, ...
7
Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central ...
The Reagan Administration had apparently found a new target for its War on
Drugs: not the veterans of the old Matta-Ocampo-International Connection, but
their junior colleagues, the Ochoas and Pablo Escobar from Medellin.
Peter Dale Scott, Jonathan Marshall, 1998
8
South America on a Shoestring
At the time of writing, Medellin was set to launch 'Metro plus a fast bus service
similar to Bogota's TransMilenio. The first buses will run along Calle 30 and
Carrera 45. AROUND MEDELLIN The picturesque, rugged region surrounding
Medellin ...
9
Translation Universals: Do They Exist?
Back-translations of the headline without instructions (N = 45) with instructions (N
= 37) The families of Medellin 24 Families of Medellin [ PART] 1 Medellin, my
hometown 2 My hometown Medellin 1 The children of Medellin 1 The drug
families ...
Anna Mauranen, Pekka Kujamäki, 2004
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Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money ...
Caribbean coastal area, including Cartagena — have gained prominence since
the 1995-1997 arrests of the Cali and Medellin Cartel kingpins. Closely allied
with the Colombian drug cartels are the coca producers of Peru and Bolivia, led
by ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDELLIN»
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Medellin is used in the context of the following news items.
Jake Gyllenhaal goes extra yard for 'Southpaw'
... the "Jewish street kid from Brooklyn" who would go on to serve as the American agent for the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. A different ... «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
While Santos calls for unity, Colombia's congress fractures further
... parties are still struggling what to do with Medellin mainly because of a conflict of interest between local party moguls and national players. «Colombia Reports, Jul 15»
4000 users taking part in online debates around Habitat III themes
... “The spirit of the discussion is more based on the online debates of the World Urban Forum, especially WUF7 held in Medellin.”. «Citiscope, Jul 15»
Millicom International Cellular SA (MIICF) Issues Quarterly Earnings …
... it completed the merger of its Tigo mobile business in Colombia with cable and fixed line operator UNE, owned by Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM). «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
Local Man Invents Marijuana Based Board Game
A man shows a type of marijuana at a farm near Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on October 3 , 2012. A bicycle ride against drug ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
Gov. Jerry Brown, Bay Area mayors head to Vatican for climate …
... human development and social inclusion, along with the mayors of Accra, Ghana; Stockholm, Sweden; Medellin, Colombia; and Libreville, ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
21 Colombian Recipes To Make on Colombian Independence Day
From the beaches of Cartagena to the jungles surrounding Medellin to the mountains of Bogota, check out the Colombian recipes from across ... «Latina, Jul 15»
Medellin gears up for Flower Festival honoring traditional farmers
Flower-growers from the mountainside village of Santa Elena, in Medellin's outskirts, were the first to use the silleta to carry flowers to the city's ... «Fox News Latino, Jul 15»
Colombia to begin large-scale excavation of urban mass grave in …
The bodies of dozens of people are believed to be buried in Medellin, their deaths the result of decades of fighting among paramilitaries, leftist ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
Colombia: Largest urban mass grave in the world to be unearthed
In a slum area of Colombia's second city of Medellin, a team of 30 government officials over the next five months will search for the corpses of ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
