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| higuita and pablo escobar: The Memory of Pablo Escobar James Mollison, Rainbow Nelson, 2007 The extraordinary story of the richest and most violent gangster in history--from his youth, his bid for political power, his domination of the world's cocaine trade, his campaign against the Colombian state during which thousands died, his imprisonment in a luxurious private jail, his escape, through to his eventual capture and shooting--is told in hundreds of photographs gathered by photographer James Mollison in Colombia. Exhaustively researched, this visual biography includes photographs from Escobar family albums, pictures by Escobar's bodyguards, pictures from police files (both shot by the police and taken in raids on Escobar's premises) and snapshots by the Federal Drug Administration officer who helped hunt Escobar down. The book's illuminating text draws on new interviews with family members, other gangsters, Colombian police and judges and other survivors of Escobar's killing sprees, supplemented by contemporary photographs by Mollison of Escobar's fleet of planes, his private zoo, arms caches captured by the police--and even Escobar's prison jukebox. A compelling picture story and a landmark in visual journalism. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Narcoball David Arrowsmith, 2024-06-06 Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power... football. Narcoball uncovers the incredible story of Colombian football during the early 1990s - shaped by drug lords, rivalries, and ambition. It uncovers a football empire backed by cartels - where victory was a currency of its own, and defeat, a matter of life and death. This is a different story of Pablo Escobar and his rivals. A tale of clandestine deals that reshaped Medellin's football clubs, where fortunes were won and lost. It unveils the extraordinary bonds that Escobar forged with football's luminaries and why his influence reached unprecedented heights, leading to the astonishing 5-0 victory over Argentina in Buenos Aires, the murder of referees, and the ruthless coercion of officials culminating in the killing of Andrés Escobar - the Colombian defender who paid the ultimate price for an own goal in the 1994 World Cup. It is also an examination of a people's relationship with both the sport and the nefarious leaders that brought both pride and terror to their communities. Set against the U.S War on Drugs, international threats, and government clampdowns, this is a gripping exploration of Colombian club football under Escobar's rise and fall. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Heart That Bleeds Alma Guillermoprieto, 2011-03-16 An extraordinarily vivid, unflinching series of portraits of South America today, written from the inside out, by the award-winning New Yorker journalist and widely admired author of Samba. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Rough Guide to Cult Football Andy Mitten, 2010-09-01 The Ultimate Companion to A Beautiful Game This new Rough Guide is the only soccer book of its kind. It uncovers the most amazing stories and the unlikeliest personalities on Planet Football, both past and present, that help to make soccer the greatest show on earth. We reveal the stories behind the mavericks and cult figures who make up the real heroes of the game - from cultured midfielders to jailbirds, drinkers to straight arrows, local legends to international wanderers. The book showcases an amazing and unusual roll-call of talent that stretches from Ferenc Puskas to Stan Bowles, Eric Cantona to Jose Chilavert and Garrincha to Perry Groves. Throughout, we run our eye over the special clubs - from the New York Cosmos to Berwick Rangers and Estudiantes; managers and football rivalries - from 'El Clásico' to the Faroe Islands derby; and recall extraordinary games from 'The Battle of Highbury' to underdog fixtures where the likes of Northern Ireland, Wimbledon, and Dynamo Kiev overcame the might of Spain, Liverpool, and the Nazis. Post-match analyses of football culture, ephemera, science, and some strange statistics, complete this ultimate fiesta of football fun. Ain't it great to be alive? All you need is the green grass and a ball -Pele |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Goooal Andreas Cantor, 1997-06-18 In Goooal, Andreas Cantor brings to the history of the World Cup the same enthusiasm, knowledge, and idiosyncratic touches that have made his broadcasts on Univision a favorite of both Latino and mainstream audiences. Filled with personal anecdotes and observations about the game and the business of soccer, Goooal will appeal to the many fans of America's thriving new professional soccer leagues. of photos. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The New Yorker Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, 1993-10 |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Football and Nation Building in Colombia (2010-2018) Peter J. Watson, 2022-06-09 An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM. This book explores the pivotal role that football played as part of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ national unity project centred on the peace process with the FARC. Football has huge political and social capital in Latin America, and has often been rhetorically deployed by governments for various ends; rarely, however, has football’s power and potential been used in such a deliberate, strategic and active way towards a national peace process and targeted such enduring divisions that have historically impeded a sense of a united nation and national identity. Football in Colombia is understood popularly as one of the few things capable of uniting the country, a belief that Santos seized upon as the national team had a successful campaign in the 2014 World Cup. This first book on Colombian football in English explores previous iterations of football nationalism in the country, including the El Dorado and ‘Narcofootball’ eras, before analysing Santos’ three-pronged strategy empowering professional and amateur football, including the use of political speeches and Twitter, legislation and public policy, and Sport for Development and Peace campaigns, with a particular focus on football in the FARC demobilisation and reincorporation camps following the historic peace agreement. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: ISLA , 1994 Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Passion of the People? Tony Mason, 1995 Brazil's victory in the 1994 World Cup is the latest chapter in an extensive history of the world's most popular game in South America. In this engaging account, Tony Mason reviews the place of football in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Mason opens with soccer's rise at the turn of the century amidst the exploding urbanization of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He demonstrates that, from its beginnings, the game had wide popular appeal and examines the role of British commercial and military interests as well as that of newcomers from Italy, Spain and Portugal. From the moment when Uruguay won the Olyimpic football tournament in 1924 to Argentina's bizarre appearance in the World Cup final of 1990, international success on the pitch brought with it prestige and influence abroad. At home, Mason shows how dictators used football to ensure political passivity. He concludes by asking if the attention focused on football in Latin America today is exaggerated or whether the game truly is the 'passion of the people'. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Sustainability through Soccer Leidy Klotz, 2016-07-19 In the quest for sustainability, we strive to meet our present needs without sacrificing the same opportunity for future generations. Our success or failure depends on our ability to think in “systems,” integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations. But how do we learn systems-thinking? In a series of engaging, rapid-fire stories, Sustainability through Soccer takes readers on a journey through a progression of systems-thinking and sustainability concepts. Using the beautiful game of soccer as an analogy, Leidy Klotz illuminates real-world interdependencies (such as between climate change and human rights), building the chain of concepts in a fun, accessible way. Soccer nerds and newbies alike will be entertained on the way to a deeper understanding of sustainability science. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: World in Motion Simon Hart, 2018-05-10 Italia ’90 was the best and worst of World Cups. It made a global star of England’s inspirational Paul Gascoigne and gave fresh confidence to English football but it was also the lowest- scoring of all World Cups, leading directly to the back-pass ban that transformed the sport. World In Motion travels from Africa to South America, via Europe and the Middle East, to hear from the protagonists of Italia ’90 and find out why it is still seen as a special and transformative moment, not just in English eyes but in other countries far and wide. It was a World Cup of firsts – from Cameroon’s quarter-final trail-blazers via the feats of newcomers like the Republic of Ireland and Costa Rica – but a tournament too which marked the last hurrah of the old footballing powers of the Eastern Bloc amid the collapse of the Iron Curtain. It began with the biggest shock of any opening game, as nine-man Cameroon beat Argentina, and it ended with the worst final of all, as West Germany beat nine-man Argentina with a much-disputed penalty. In between it gave us a big spectacle, a winning soundtrack and some unforgettable storylines. World In Motion speaks to players and coaches, referees and administrators, reporters and fans to gauge the full impact of football’s dramatic Italian summer – including meeting Roger Milla at his home in Cameroon and Totò Schillaci at his football school in Sicily. In the process it rediscovers a time when the game stood on the brink of change, with the Premier League and Champions League on the horizon, yet the World Cup remained a thrilling voyage of discovery – a land of novelties, from Fair Play flags to fan embassies to that first-ever penalty shoot-out heartbreak for England ... |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Das Spiel ist aus Andreas Bock, 2023-04-26 True Crime im Fußball Warum musste Lutz Eigendorf sterben? Wie wurde aus dem Schalker Willi Kraus ein Bankräuber? Wer entführte Barcelonas Topstürmer Quini? Und was, um alles in der Welt, war das »Mordkommando Bum-kun Cha«? 11 FREUNDE-Redakteur Andreas Bock schreibt über die großen Kriminalfälle der Fußballgeschichte. Wahre Geschichten über Spieler, die auf die schiefe Bahn gerieten oder Opfer von Verbrechen wurden. Eine Reise auf die dunkle Seite des schönen Spiels. Es geht um Mörder, Drogenschmuggler, Betrüger, Krokodile, Zuhälter, Geldfälscher, Hinterzimmerzocker, Nazis, Pornohändler, Folterknechte, Schlägertypen – und Osama bin Laden. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Culture of Violence United Nations University, 1994 . These essays will provide new insights and focus for understanding internal violence and its cultural connections to a broad audience of scholars, policy makers, and students of international politics and culture. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: 99 curiosidades que nadie sabe sobre el fútbol Reysa, 2024-11-14 El libro definitivo para conocer todos los secretos del deporte rey: desde la historia más épica hasta la jugada más absurda ¿Sabes cuánto duró la tanda de penaltis más larga de la historia? ¿Qué jugador de la historia ha hecho más hat-tricks? ¿Sabías que un árbitro sacó 36 rojas en un solo partido? Si piensas que ya tienes todo el conocimiento futbolístico bajo control, déjame decirte que todavía te queda mucho por aprender. 99 curiosidades de fútbol que no puedes no saber es el libro definitivo para los futboleros que lo quieren saber todo, absolutamente ¡TODO! sobre el deporte rey. Desde estadísticas que te volarán la cabeza hasta anécdotas que ni los comentaristas más expertos se atreverían a mencionar, pasando por la odisea personal de algunos de los nuevos cracs de La Liga. Este libro es tu pase VIP al mundo del fútbol que no se cuenta en las entrevistas ni se muestra en los vídeos de highlights más virales de YouTube y TikTok. Conviértete en el verdadero líder del conocimiento futbolístico sin necesidad de correr ni un metro en el campo. ¿Estás preparado? En este libro encontrarás: • Datos loquísimos • Anécdotas alucinantes de fútbol • Secretos increíbles sobre jugadores míticos • Curiosidades sobre clubes y selecciones • Referencias históricas que te impactarán ¡Y mucho más! |
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| higuita and pablo escobar: Het foute elftal Joost Houtman, 2012-05-24 Kopstoten, karatetrappen, kniehoge tackles en een stevige elleboog. Nee, voetballers zijn geen lieverdjes. Ook niet naast het veld. De voetballerij wemelt van de ontspoorde, ontregelde en ontgoochelde spelers: gokken, mishandelen, doodrijden, witwassen, zakkenrollen, cokedeals, afpersingen, ja, zelfs moord... Van Patrick Kluivert tot Diego Maradona, van Donny Huysen tot Gilbert Bodart, van Nizar Trabelsi tot Jantje Mulder... Foute spelers met foute vrienden als Willem Holleeder, Pablo Escobar en Osama Bin Laden. Dit boek, geschreven door twee insiders die crime en sport met elkaar weten te verweven, is een must voor iedereen die houdt van bloed aan de paal. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Global Journey of Football: From the Origins of the Beautiful Game to Its Recent Use as a Social Catalyst Alexander Cárdenas, 2014-08 Football’s consolidation as the world’s most popular sport is the result of both the inherent attributes of the game, that is, its simplicity and universality, as well as the historical processes that have contributed to the expansion of this sport throughout time. Although the game has undergone very little structural transformation in the last decades, one of most notable developments in the world of football has taken place in the new application of the sport as a tool for social change. This has generated a true global social movement encompassing a multitude of actors such as national governments, the private sector, international organizations and NGOs, around the issue of development and peace through sport. With this background, the purpose of this book is two-fold: 1) Provide an overview of the history, evolution and global expansion of football, 2) bring to light the recent transformation experienced by the game as a social movement and as an agent of community change. This part includes the grassroots project “Goals for Peace” in Colombia and the Philippines, which aims at assessing the ways and extent to which this sport can be a transformative tool. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The World through Soccer Tamir Bar-On, 2014-05-07 This book uses soccer to provide insights into worldwide politics, religion, business, ethics, leadership, childhood, philosophy, and art. It examines the way soccer influences and reflects these aspects of society, and vice versa. Each chapter includes a selection of players that represent the current lesson, providing the reader with specific examples of how soccer replicates and informs our lives. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Unnützes Fußball-WM-Wissen Filippo Cataldo, 2022-09-18 Wer hätte gewusst, dass Brasilien bei der 1:7-Schmach im WM-Halbfinale 2014 gegen Deutschland häufiger aufs Tor schoss als der spätere Weltmeister. Dass die Schuhe, die Lothar Matthäus während der ersten Halbzeit des WM-Finales 1990 trug, von seinem Gegenspieler Diego Maradona geschnürt wurden. Dass die italienischen Weltmeister Francesco Totti und Gennaro Gattuso in der Nacht vor dem WM-Finale 2006 bis sechs Uhr morgens Karten spielten. König Fußball liefert die besten Geschichten, vor allem wenn alle vier Jahre die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft ansteht. Sei es zum reinen Zeitvertreib, am Stammtisch oder beim exzessiven Fußballstreaming mit den Kumpels – Unnützes Fußball-WM-Wissen vereint die verblüffendsten Fakten zum Megaspektakel, die jeder echte Fan draufhaben sollte. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Anti-americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean Alan McPherson, 2006-03 Whether rising up from fiery leaders such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro or from angry masses of Brazilian workers and Mexican peasants, anti U.S. sentiment in Latin America and the Caribbean today is arguably stronger than ever. It is also a threat to U.S. leadership in the hemisphere and the world. Where has this resentment come from? Has it arisen naturally from imperialism and globalization, from economic and social frustrations? Has it served opportunistic politicians? Does Latin America have its own style of anti Americanism? What about national variations? How does cultural anti Americanism affect politics, and vice versa? What roles have religion, literature, or cartoons played in whipping up sentiment against ‘el yanqui’? Finally, how has the United States reacted to all this? This book brings leaders in the field of U.S. Latin American relations together with the most promising young scholars to shed historical light on the present implications of hostility to the United States in Latin America and the Caribbean. In essays that carry the reader from Revolutionary Mexico to Peronist Argentina, from Panama in the nineteenth century to the West Indies’ mid century independence movement, and from Colombian drug runners to liberation theologists, the authors unearth little known campaigns of resistance and probe deeper into episodes we thought we knew well. They argue that, for well over a century, identifying the United States as the enemy has rung true to Latin Americans and has translated into compelling political strategies. Combining history with political and cultural analysis, this collection breaks the mold of traditional diplomatic history by seeing anti Americanism through the eyes of those who expressed it. It makes clear that anti Americanism, far from being a post 9/11 buzzword, is rather a real force that casts a long shadow over U.S. Latin American relations. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: My Incredible World Cup Journey Michael Renouf, 2022-11-20 From the days of short pants and small screen black and white televisions, to international travel and attendance at the World Cup in person, 'My Incredible World Cup Journey' spans 36 years, stretches across ten World Cups, military juntas, corrupt officials, and goals with so-called divine intervention. Set against the backdrop of personal, political, and social change, Michael Renouf's memoir explore what football means both wihtin and beyond the 90 minutes on a pitch in a detailed, stunning, and humorous account. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Fiender til vi dør Magnus Borgen, 2011-09-16 Bli med på en reise gjennom de mest beryktede fotballoppgjørene i verden! Magnus Borgen (født 1981) er utdannet statsviter fra Universitet i Oslo. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Afropean Johny Pitts, 2019-06-06 Winner of the Jhalak Prize 'A revelation' Owen Jones 'Afropean seizes the blur of contradictions that have obscured Europe's relationship with blackness and paints it into something new, confident and lyrical' Afua Hirsch A Guardian, New Statesman and BBC History Magazine Best Book of 2019 'Afropean. Here was a space where blackness was taking part in shaping European identity ... A continent of Algerian flea markets, Surinamese shamanism, German Reggae and Moorish castles. Yes, all this was part of Europe too ... With my brown skin and my British passport - still a ticket into mainland Europe at the time of writing - I set out in search of the Afropeans, on a cold October morning.' Afropean is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities. Here is an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is eighty per cent Muslim. Johny Pitts visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots, all the while presenting Afropeans as lead actors in their own story. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Colombia Reader Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, Marco Palacios, Ana María Gómez López, 2016-12-08 Containing over one hundred selections—most of them published in English for the first time—The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multilayered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. The collection includes journalistic reports, songs, artwork, poetry, oral histories, government documents, and scholarship to illustrate the changing ways Colombians from all walks of life have made and understood their own history. Comprehensive in scope, it covers regional differences; religion, art, and culture; the urban/rural divide; patterns of racial, economic, and gender inequalities; the history of violence; and the transnational flows that have shaped the nation. The Colombia Reader expands readers' knowledge of Colombia beyond its reputation for violence, contrasting experiences of conflict with the stability and significance of cultural, intellectual, and economic life in this plural nation. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Vencer ou morrer Gilberto Agostino, 2002 Este livro conta a História do Futebol a partir de seus aspectos políticos e sociais. Traz ainda um estudo inédito sobre a violência das torcidas e uma discussão sobre a utilização do esporte pelos regimes autoritários. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Penales, historias de un drama Max Pumo, 2020-11-14 Un penal no es simplemente un tiro desde los once metros, es un lanzamiento cargado de tensión y que en muchas ocasiones puede significar el cielo o el infierno. Con rigor histórico y vivacidad narrativa, el libro relata una amplia gama de historias que rodean a uno de los fallos más polémicos del deporte rey. Desde su invención en el siglo XIX, pasando por los modos fortuitos para definir empates y la implementación de la tanda a comienzos de los setenta, hasta las definiciones que más impactaron en la historia del fútbol y las ejecuciones que dejaron una huella imborrable. Es un viaje en el tiempo que explora glorias y desventuras deportivas, y se sumerge en las profundidades penalísticas para reflotar curiosidades y anécdotas olvidadas. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Portieri Fausto Bagattini, 2015-02-18T00:00:00+01:00 Fra un eroe di sventura e un figlio di puttana il passo è spesso breve, così come labile è il confine che separa il bene dal male, la gaffe involontaria dall’errore voluto, la goleada subita dalla partita venduta. Fausto Bagattini, in questa seconda puntata della sua indagine sul ruolo più poetico fra tutti quelli che rendono poetico il gioco del calcio, ci racconta storie di campo e aneddoti di vita al limite dell’incredibile. Da quelli più divertenti – Jean-Marie Pfaff che scappa dal ritiro della Nazionale su un’ambulanza vestito da infermiere – a quelli più orrendi – il brasiliano Bruno Fernandes che uccide l’amante pornostar per una gravidanza indesiderata – ce n’è per tutti i gusti. In questo percorso nel tempo tra follie, scandali e partite truccate, non mancano nemmeno gli intrighi internazionali e i complotti veri o presunti, come quello che coinvolse Quiroga, il portiere argentino del Perù nel Mondiale del 1978, o le storie controverse come l’amicizia tra René Higuita e Pablo Escobar o il falso mito di Ronnie Hellström e delle sue dichiarazioni sulle madri di Plaza de Mayo. E per chi ancora sostiene che il calcio non è uno sport per signorine, ecco servito il ritratto della bellissima Hope Solo, portiera italo-americana due volte medaglia d’oro olimpica, sempre al centro dei riflettori tra scandali sexy, foto intime rubate, alcol, risse e tribunali. E poi ancora spacconi, narcotrafficanti, mercenari, avanzi di galera, violenti, attaccabrighe, egocentrici, donnaioli e guasconi, tutti protagonisti di vicende indimenticabili che hanno fatto e continuano a fare la storia del calcio mondiale. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Sporting Performances Shannon L. Walsh, 2020-08-06 Sporting Performances is the first anthology to tackle sports and physical culture from a performance perspective; it serves as an invitation and provocation for scholarly discourse on the connections between sports and physical culture, and theatre and performance. Through a series of intriguing case studies that blur the lines between the realms of politics, sports, physical culture, and performance, this book assumes that sporting performances, much like theatre, serve as barometers, mirrors, and refractors of the culture in which they are enmeshed. Some of the topics include nineteenth-century variety show pugilists, athletes on Broadway, sumo wrestlers, rhythmic gymnasts, and Strava enthusiasts. While analyzing sport through the lens of theatre and performance, this anthology reflects on how physical culture and sports contribute to identity formation and the effects of nuanced imprints of physical activity on the mind, soul, and tongue. Written primarily for those interested in physical fitness, sports, dance, and physical theatre, this interdisciplinary volume is a crucial tool for Performance and Theatre Studies students and those in the fields of Sports Studies, Cultural Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and American Studies more broadly. |
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| higuita and pablo escobar: Colombia Es Pasion! Matt Rendell, 2020-03-19 By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years, and the first from the South American nation of Colombia. His victory brought decades of national yearning to fruition. Colombia has long been the only developing nation contending at cycling's highest level. Yet its cycling sons are not the products of a rigorous sports system that spots them in childhood and nurtures them through the ranks to the pinnacle of globalised sport. They come from harder backgrounds, that surprise, shock - even, at times, enchant. Colombia Es Pasión! explores the lives and dreams of each of the nation's leading cyclists. Theirs are inspiring stories of overcoming poverty and violence, sickness and corruption, and achieving global sporting glory. 'Takes you into the heart of both a sport and a country. The journey is well worth the effort' Sunday Times 'Wonderful' Observer 'Remarkable, a masterpiece' Never Strays Far podcast |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Outsider Jonathan Wilson, Jonathan Wilson Ltd, 2012-12-06 'The ever-readable Wilson explores the psychological pressures of being cast in the role of the scapegoat ... Thought-provoking and full of interesting detail ... this book scores on every level' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Aloof, solitary, impassive, the crack goalie is followed in the streets by entranced small boys. He vies with the matador and the flying aces, an object of thrilled adulation. He is the lone eagle, the man of mystery, the last defender' Vladimir Nabokov Albert Camus, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Pope John Paul II, Julian Barnes and not forgetting Nabokov himself ... it's safe to say the position of goalkeeper has over the years attracted a different sort of character than your average footballer. In this first-ever cultural history of the 'loner' between the posts, Jonathan Wilson traces the sometimes dangerous intellectual and literary preoccupations of the keeper, and looks at how the position has secured a certain existential cool. He travels to the Bassa region of Cameroon, which has produced two of Africa's greatest keepers, and also to Romania to talk to Helmuth Duckadam, who saved four penalties for Steaua Bucharest in the 1986 European Cup final. His absorbing tactical and technical insights into football history even take us back to the days when matches were contested without a man between the sticks. THE OUTSIDER is the definitive account of that most mysterious of footballing personalities - the goalkeeper. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: The Accountant's Story Roberto Escobar, 2009-02-25 I have many scars. Some of them are physical, but many more are scars on my soul. A bomb sent to kill me while I was in a maximum security prison has made me blind, yet now I see the world more clearly than I have ever seen it before. I have lived an incredible adventure. I watched as my brother, Pablo Escobar, became the most successful criminal in history, but also a hero to many of the people of Colombia. My brother was loved and he was feared. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in his funeral procession, and certainly as many people celebrated his death. These are the words of Roberto Escobar-the top accountant for the notorious and deadly Medellen Cartel, and brother of Pablo Escobar, the most famous drug lord in history. At the height of his reign, Pablo's multibillion-dollar operation smuggled tons of cocaine each week into countries all over the world. Roberto and his ten accountants kept track of all the money. Only Pablo and Roberto knew where it was stashed-and what it bought. And the amounts of money were simply staggering. According to Roberto, it cost $2,500 every month just to purchase the rubber bands needed to wrap the stacks of cash. The biggest problem was finding a place to store it: from secret compartments in walls and beneath swimming pools to banks and warehouses everywhere. There was so much money that Roberto would sometimes write off ten percent as spoilage, meaning either rats had chewed up the bills or dampness had ruined the cash. Roberto writes about the incredible violence of the cartel, but he also writes of the humanitarian side of his brother. Pablo built entire towns, gave away thousands of houses, paid people's medical expenses, and built schools and hospitals. Yet he was responsible for the horrible deaths of thousands of people. In short, this is the story of a world of riches almost beyond mortal imagination, and in his own words, Roberto Escobar tells all: building a magnificent zoo at Pablo's opulent home, the brothers' many escapes into the jungles of Colombia, devising ingenious methods to smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States, bribing officials with literally millions of dollars-and building a personal army to protect the Escobar family against an array of enemies sworn to kill them. Few men in history have been more beloved-or despised-than Pablo Escobar. Now, for the first time, his story is told by the man who knew him best: his brother, Roberto. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: En qué momento se jodió Medellín Juan Gómez Martínez, 1991 Algunos temas que contiene: Primera causa: el éxodo; La pérdida de valores; Decadencia industrial; Estudio socio-cultural; Medellín, sus tradiciones y atractivos; El Medellín actual, sus contrastes y problemas; El narcotráfico y sus secuelas; El cultivo de la coca y el tráfico de la droga; Influencia del narcotráfico en la vida ciudadana; Incursión en la vida política; Los negocios y las inversiones de los testaferros del narcotráfico; Influencia de los medios de comunicación; Incursión a las zonas rurales y urbanas; La guerra entre los carteles y sus magnicidios; La comuna nororiental; El sicariato; Desarrollo de una estrategia de seguridad; El plan génesis y la desarticulación del sicariato; Los paisas, fuerza emprendedora; Los muchachos desechables; Punk, pop, rock y ¡pum!; El traqueteo; Los universicarios; Hacia una aventura antropológica de la violencia en Medellín; La violencia ¿un camino para ser persona?; La violencia y su problema ético; Las bandas juveniles en el Valle d ... |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Pasión Tricolor Adriana Bernal Mor, Felipe Valderrama, 2018-04-01 Pasión Tricolor es un viaje por la historia de nuestra selección en las diferentes Copas del Mundo, los momentos más importantes, los más recordados, los que han impregnado de felicidad a la afición y los que se han querido borrar de la memoria colectiva para siempre. Pero más allá del fútbol, esta es una inmersión en el corazón de un país que a través de la historia ha visto y sentido desde lo más profundo la magia de once jugadores que en diferentes momentos han llenado de esperanza y alegría a nuestra sociedad. Este es también un recorrido por las sedes, los escenarios y los rivales que recibirán a la Selección Colombia en Rusia 2018, y para la hinchada una guía general de lo que significa y cuesta ir a la fiesta más importante de fútbol del mundo. Al final, gracias a la voz de diferentes periodistas deportivos del país, sabremos cuál es el pronóstico y lo que viene para la Tricolor después de culminar su actuación en el próximo Mundial. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: ANNO 2020 LA MAFIOSITA' SECONDA PARTE ANTONIO GIANGRANDE, Rappresentare con verità storica, anche scomoda ai potenti di turno, la realtà contemporanea, rapportandola al passato e proiettandola al futuro. Per non reiterare vecchi errori. Perché la massa dimentica o non conosce. Denuncio i difetti e caldeggio i pregi italici. Perché non abbiamo orgoglio e dignità per migliorarci e perché non sappiamo apprezzare, tutelare e promuovere quello che abbiamo ereditato dai nostri avi. Insomma, siamo bravi a farci del male e qualcuno deve pur essere diverso! |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Kings of the Mountains Matt Rendell, 2002 For the first time Matthew Rendell tells the little-known story of a Latin American country in which cycling is the national sport, whose sportsmen, denied the enormous benefits of prosperity, cutting-edge technology and unlimited sponsorship, have nevertheless achieved prodigious cycling feats both at home and abroad, and helped to forge for Colombia a heroic national identity. He tells of how, during the fifties, Colombia's own top cycle race, the Vuelta de Colombia, was still being held on dusty, unpaved roads - with consequentially ghastly accidents; of how the first top European cyclists who came to race in Colombia found themselves utterly vanquished by its endless mountain climbs; of how the biography of Colombia's first cycling superstar was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Then, following the story through to the seventies and eighties, he shows how Colombia's cyclists began to make their mark abroad, even in the ultimate competition, the Tour de France - and, while they may have lacked the team discipline and the pace training to win the race itself, how to them the premier accolade was to become King of the Mountains, by beating everyone else in the Tour's most drainin |
| higuita and pablo escobar: El verdadero Pablo Astrid Legarda Martínez, 2005 El Verdadero Pablo, es el testimonio de alias 'Popeye', principal lugarteniente, secretario privado y amigo de Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ...-- Back cover. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. Lopez, 2000-12-07 This vast three-volume Encyclopedia offers more than 4000 entries on all aspects of the dynamic and exciting contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its coverage is unparalleled with more than 40 regions discussed and a time-span of 1920 to the present day. Culture is broadly defined to include food, sport, religion, television, transport, alongside architecture, dance, film, literature, music and sculpture. The international team of contributors include many who are based in Latin America and the Caribbean making this the most essential, authoritative and authentic Encyclopedia for anyone studying Latin American and Caribbean studies. Key features include: * over 4000 entries ranging from extensive overview entries which provide context for general issues to shorter, factual or biographical pieces * articles followed by bibliographic references which offer a starting point for further research * extensive cross-referencing and thematic and regional contents lists direct users to relevant articles and help map a route through the entries * a comprehensive index provides further guidance. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Themes in Latin American Cinema Keith John Richards, 2020-03-12 This updated and expanded edition gives critical analyses of 23 Latin American films from the last 20 years, including the addition of four films from Bolivia. Explored throughout the text are seven crucial themes: the indigenous image, sexuality, childhood, female protagonists, crime and corruption, fratricidal wars, and writers as characters. Designed for general and scholarly interest, as well as a guide for teachers of Hispanic culture or Latin American film and literature, the book provides a sweeping look at the logistical circumstances of filmmaking in the region along with the criteria involved in interpreting a Latin American film. It includes interviews with and brief biographies of influential filmmakers, along with film synopses, production details and credits, transcripts of selected scenes, and suggestions for discussion and analysis. |
| higuita and pablo escobar: Emozioni mondiali Raffaele Cammarota, 2020-11-20 I Mondiali di calcio hanno cadenzato le vicende e i ricordi della nostra vita e sempre lo faranno. Così come canzoni e musica a farne da colonna sonora. È questa la traccia in cui si muove questo libro di Raffaele Cammarota: storie, emozioni, suggestioni, aneddoti, mutamenti sociali attraverso i Mondiali di calcio dal 1970 ad oggi. In un'Italia profondamente cambiata. Ognuno di noi ricorda perfettamente dove si trovava, e con chi, la notte dell'11 Luglio 1982 o quella del 9 Luglio 2006. O, per i meno giovani, la notte dell'Azteca nel celeberrimo 4-3 alla Germania. E così ci sembra di risentire vivida la voce di Nando Martellini con il suo tre volte Campioni del mondo, quella graffiante di Pizzul, o quella limpida di Civoli con l'indimenticabile Cielo azzurro sopra Berlino. E ogni volta ci torna in mente inevitabilmente un ricordo, una canzone, una sensazione, un momento della nostra vita in cui abbiamo mollato tutto per restare incollati davanti alle tv per una partita dei Mondiali. Per sognare, e tornare ancora una volta bambini. Appendice con risultati e statistiche di tutti i Mondiali |
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José René Higuita Zapata (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈne jˈɣita]; born 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played …
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René Higuita - Wikipedia
José René Higuita Zapata (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈne jˈɣita]; born 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional …
Rene Higuita | Biography, Scorpion Kick, & Facts | Britannica
Rene Higuita is a former Colombian goalkeeper, nicknamed El Loco, who won fans over with his ability to move beyond his …
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From poverty to soccer legend, this documentary captures the rise of Colombia's René Higuita, his revolutionary career and …
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Higuita (2023) - IMDb
Higuita: Directed by Hemanth G. Nair. With Suraj Venjaramoodu, Dhyan Sreenivasan, Manoj K. Jayan, Indrans. In straitened …
