Descripción
Now a major motion picture In July 2006, a DEA plane took Virginia Vallejo out of Colombia. Her life was in danger for having become the key witness in the two most important criminal proceedings of the second half of the 20th century in her country: the assassination of a presidential candidate and the holocaust of the Palace of Justice. Twenty-five years earlier, Virginia Vallejo was the most important television presenter in Colombia and the professional beauty who appeared on the covers of the main magazines. Courted by traditional billionaires, in 1982 she met Pablo Escobar, a mysterious thirty-three-year-old politician who actually controlled the strings of a world of unparalleled wealth in which much of the incessant flow of money from cocaine trafficking was channeled into charity projects and the campaigns of presidential candidates of his choice. This book, a passionate love story turned into a chronicle of horror and shame, describes the evolution of one of the most sinister criminal minds of our time: his ability to instill terror and generate corruption, the links between his illicit businesses and various heads of state, the assassinations of presidential candidates and the war he plunged his country into. Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar is also the only possible intimate vision of the legendary drug lord, full of glamor and a spirit of survival and not without humor. Virginia Vallejo narrates this raw story as no one else could have. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Now a major motion picture
Pablo Escobar was one of the most terrifying criminal minds of the last century. In the decade before his death in 1993, he reigned as the head of a multinational cocaine industry and brought the Colombian state to its knees, killing thousands of politicians, media personalities, police, and unarmed citizens. In the 1980s, Virginia Vallejo was Colombia's most famous television celebrity: a top-rated anchorwoman and a twice-divorced socialite who had been courted by the country's four wealthiest men. In 1982, she interviewed Pablo Escobar on her news program, and soon after, they began a discreet--albeit stormy--romantic relationship. During their five-year affair, Escobar would show Vallejo the vulnerability of presidents, senators, and military leaders seeking to profit from the drug trade. From Vallejo's privileged perspective and her ability to navigate the global corridors of wealth and high society, Escobar gained the insight to master his manipulation ofColombia's powerful elite and media. Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar chronicles the birth of Colombia's drug cartels: the kidnappers, the guerilla groups, and the paramilitary organizations. It is, above everything, a great love story--a deep and painful journeythrough a forbidden relationship--that gives us an intimate vision of thelegendary drug baron who left his mark on Colombia, Latin America, the United States, and the world forever.
Author: Virginia Vallejo
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 05/29/2018
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780525433422
ISBN10: 0525433422
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- True Crime | Organized Crime
Pablo Escobar was one of the most terrifying criminal minds of the last century. In the decade before his death in 1993, he reigned as the head of a multinational cocaine industry and brought the Colombian state to its knees, killing thousands of politicians, media personalities, police, and unarmed citizens. In the 1980s, Virginia Vallejo was Colombia's most famous television celebrity: a top-rated anchorwoman and a twice-divorced socialite who had been courted by the country's four wealthiest men. In 1982, she interviewed Pablo Escobar on her news program, and soon after, they began a discreet--albeit stormy--romantic relationship. During their five-year affair, Escobar would show Vallejo the vulnerability of presidents, senators, and military leaders seeking to profit from the drug trade. From Vallejo's privileged perspective and her ability to navigate the global corridors of wealth and high society, Escobar gained the insight to master his manipulation ofColombia's powerful elite and media. Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar chronicles the birth of Colombia's drug cartels: the kidnappers, the guerilla groups, and the paramilitary organizations. It is, above everything, a great love story--a deep and painful journeythrough a forbidden relationship--that gives us an intimate vision of thelegendary drug baron who left his mark on Colombia, Latin America, the United States, and the world forever.
Author: Virginia Vallejo
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 05/29/2018
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780525433422
ISBN10: 0525433422
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- True Crime | Organized Crime
About the Author
Virginia Vallejo fue la presentadora m?s importante de la televisi?n colombiana durante la d?cada de los ochenta, ?poca en la que comenz? su relaci?n amorosa con Pablo Escobar Gaviria. En los a?os siguientes pag? un alto precio que acab? con su carrera. En julio de 2006 ofreci? su testimonio contra el candidato presidencial Alberto Santofimio acusado de instigar el asesinato de Luis Carlos Gal?n, cometido por Escobar. Al d?a siguiente de su salida de Colombia 42 diarios de todo el mundo publicaron la noticia en primera p?gina. Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar es el primer libro de la autora.