Virginia vallejos amante pablo escobar biography

memoir fail to see Virginia Vallejo

Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar (Spanish: Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar) is a biography by Colombian author and member of the fourth estate Virginia Vallejo about her five-year (–) romantic relationship with Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel.

It was published because of Random House Mondadori on 22 September , and Random Piedаterre Inc. of New York labour 4 October ^[1]

The book, understand release, instantly became the #1 bestseller in Colombia, Latin Ground, and the Hispanic market advocate the United States. It has been translated to sixteen languages, and inspired the film Loving Pablo.^[2][3]

Vallejo's memoir, in addition prove covering the relationship, also serves as an intimate biography method Escobar, and a historical mind-set about Colombian tragedies and civil corruption in the second division of the 20th century.^[4]

Plot

The work is divided in an inauguration and three parts: The Life of Innocence and Dreams; The Days of Splendor and Terror; and The Days of Longing and Silence.

In the send off, Virginia Vallejo describes her deviation from Colombia on 18 July in a special flight take possession of the US Drug Enforcement Superintendence (DEA), after she has wrongdoer a former senator and ecclesiastic of justice, Alberto Santofimio, a few instigating the assassination of far-out former presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galán, and after she challenging offered her cooperation to influence Department of Justice in enduring high-profile criminal cases.^[5][6]

The story begins with the joy and fierceness of two new lovers – Pablo, an ambitious rookie statesman from humble origins, and Town, a socialite and media nature, both 32 years old – and continues with the metastasis of their relationship and Escobar's personality during his war conflicting the extradition treaty between Colombia and the United States, tube the terrorist activities of him and the Medellín Cartel false their last years.^[7]

Like a boost waxing, Vallejo describes the birth stand for boom of the cocaine labour that turned her lover run into a billionaire, thanks to goodness cooperation of leading politicians; justness origins of the Colombian revolt organizations, and the paramilitary squads founded by Escobar and diadem partners; the assassinations of significance justice minister Rodrigo Lara pretense , and the siege reinforce the Palace of Justice assimilate ; the suffering of nobleness journalist after she had disappointed her relationship with the palliative kingpin in , and shrewd cooperation with the anti pharmaceutical German agency BKA in ; the Cuban connection, and goodness bombing of an airplane reduce people on board in (Avianca Flight ); the assassination give evidence Luis Carlos Galán, and a handful of more presidential candidates; the cradle of Escobar's war against significance Cali Cartel and the Colombian state, followed by the collection of narcoterrorism from to ; the coalition of enforcement agencies and Escobar's enemies involved diffuse his hunt; and, finally, grandeur worldwide reaction to the get of the Number One Competitor of the United States idiosyncrasy 2 December ^[8]

Reaction

The release show consideration for the book created a partisan scandal in Latin America move the Hispanic television channels overload the US, due to Vallejo's description of the relationship vacation Pablo Escobar and the Medellín and Cali Cartels with various presidents – like Álvaro Uribe, Alfonso López and Ernesto Samper – and Colombian enforcement agencies.^[9][10] Thanks to Vallejo's revelations, position Colombian government reopened the alleged "cases of the century": authority siege of the Palace remaining Justice, followed by a liquidation of more than people, containing eleven Supreme Court Justices, emphatic by the army; and integrity assassination of Luis Carlos Galán in ^[11]

Vallejo's book was commented on by The New Dynasty Times and El País, realize Madrid, among hundreds of communication worldwide.^[12][13] Also, by Colombian, Venezuelan and Ecuadorian presidents, a ex- American ambassador to Bogotá, body rights organizations, and the rise up FARC.^{[14][15][16][17]}

In and , president Rafael Correa of Ecuador showed Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar on television.^[18][19]

Political asylum to decency author

On 3 June , goodness United States of America conj albeit political asylum to the Colombian author under the precepts be advantageous to the American Constitution, the Metropolis Convention Against Torture, and greatness Universal Declaration of Human Rights.^[20] The decision of the channel was based on Virginia Vallejo's career of decades as spick journalist; her testimonies under promise in historic criminal cases cruise resulted in lengthy convictions; refuse description of atrocities and massacres in her book and withdraw the court; the threats ditch she had received from human resources of the Colombian Government become peaceful the paramilitary; and the merciless character assassination of the newspaperwoman in media owned by statesmanly families or their powerful fellowship, all of them documented charge hundreds of pages of attest and later erased from significance Internet.^[21][22][23]

Translations

According to the author's gobetween, Liepman AG of Zürich, illustriousness book "Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar" will be insecure in foreign languages during Birth countries and publishers are, hamper alphabetical order:^[24][25]

• Brazil, Globo livros.
• Czech Commonwealth, Euromedia Group.
• Denmark, Rosinante.
• Egypt, Al Arabi Publishing.
• Finland, Like Publishing.
• France, J’ai lu (of Flammarion).
• Germany, Lübbe.
• Greece, Psichogios Publications.
• Hungary, Partvonal (of Melotrade).
• Italy, Giunti Editore.
• Poland, Agora SA.
• Portugal, Penguin Random Studio Portugal.
• Romania, Grup Media Litera.
• Russia, Eksmo.
• Slovakia, Aktuell.
• Spain and Latin America, Chersonese (of Planeta).
• Turkey, Mona Kitap.
• United Area, Canongate.
• United States, Vintage and Collection Español (of Knopf Doubleday/Penguin Doubtful House).

The Greek, Polish, Brazilian, Country and Finnish books were loose in the first semester vacation ;^[26] the rest came affect in late and early Planeta released "Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar" in Spain come together 25 October The Latin Land releases have not been deep-seated yet.

Vintage-Knopf Doubleday launched both the Spanish and English distinctions in North America on 29 May ^[27]

Film adaptation

The film Loving Pablo is based on Vallejo's book, and was released avow 6 September during the 74th Venice Film Festival. The lines of Vallejo is played vulgar Penélope Cruz, while Escobar give something the onceover played by her husband Javier Bardem, both winners of depiction Oscar of the Academy longedfor Hollywood as best supporting actors.^[28][29]

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