Pablo Escobar

Where 'Narco Beauty' Reins

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Cultura, Video, Colombiamoda, Colombia, Pablo Escobar, Colombia Fashion Week, Vice Colombian Fashion Week, Narco Beauty, Fashion, Fashion Week, Colombian Beauty, Latino Voices News

High fashion in the land of Pablo Escobar has a distinctly Latin flavor, a surreal place where the narco-aesthetic is proudly flaunted with "mountains...

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VIDEO: Inside Medellin Fashion Week

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Roberto Escobar, Video, International Destinations, Pablo Escobar, Fashion Travel, Medellin, Destinations, Medellin Fashion Week, Travel News

The provocateurs at Vice have just released the latest in a series of videos tracking down the world's most under-the-radar, unexpected and interestin...

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In Colombia, In Search Of Pablo Escobar

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Colombia Travel, International Destinations, Pablo Escobar, Global Pulse, South America Travel, Tours, Destinations, Drug Tourism, Video, Travel News

A Colombian tourism company has launched an itinerary that takes visitors to Pablo Escobar's home near downtown Medellin, the safe house where he made...

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Pablo Escobar's 'Political Godfather' Sent Back To Prison

AP | By LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Colombia Supreme Court, Alberto Santofimio, Colombia-Drug-War, Pablo Escobar, John Jairo Velasquez, Political Assassinations, Luis Carlos Galan, Drug Wars, Latino Voices News

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the murder conviction of a former justice minister for masterminding the 1989 assassinat...

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Top 10 Richest Gangsters Of All Time

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Anthony ?€œFat Tony? Salermo, Joseph Kennedy, Richest Gangsters, Pablo Escobar, Frank Lucas, Joaquin ?€œEl Chapo? Guzman Loera, Carlos Lehder, Meyer Lansky, Griselda Blanco, Al Capone, Crime News

Even though they say crime doesn’t pay, several rich gangsters prove otherwise. While most end up dead or in jail, a very lucky few get to spend ...

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The Latino 'Godfather': Infamous Druglord Getting Major Film

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Brad Furman, Pablo Escobar Movie, Brad Furman Pablo Escobar, Pablo Escobar Film, Pablo Escobar, Celebrity News

After years of Hollywood trying to bring his story to the big screen, there will finally be a Pablo Escobar biopic. According to The Hollywood Repo...

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Inside Drug Lord Pablo Escobar's Playground

GlobalPost | John Otis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drugs, Colombia, Colombia Drug Trade, Pablo Escobar, World News

When he wasn't smuggling cocaine or ordering hit men to gun down his enemies, Pablo Escobar liked to relax at Hacienda Napoles, his personal playgroun...

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The Colombian Elections: Who Will Be the Next President of Macondo?

Michael Fairbanks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antanas Mockus, Colombia Elections, Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia FARC, 2010 Elections, Pablo Escobar, Love in the Time of Cholera, Cesar Gaviria, Colombia, Barack Obama, Elections, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Simon Bolivar, Bogota, Alvaro Uribe, Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia-Elections, Macondo, Elections 2010, World News
Michael Fairbanks

How many countries in the world could elect as its next president someone who dropped his pants and mooned a disrespectful audience of students?

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Cannes Film Festival: The Two Escobars

Linda Hassler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andres Escobar, Drug Cartels, Tribeca Film Festival, Leslie Hassler, Espn, The Two Escobars, Colombian Cocaine, Pablo Escobar, Michael Zimbalist, Narco-Trafficking, Favela Rising, Colombia, 30for30, Cannes Film Festival, Jeff Zimbalist, New York News
Linda Hassler

Only rarely can a documentary match feature films for gripping human drama, but this one, The Two Escobars, has more than done that.

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South America Drug Reform Causes UN Concern

GlobalPost | Ioan Grillo | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The United Nations' drug law enforcement body has reprimanded Latin American countries that have decriminalized narcotic use, d...

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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Pablo Escobar's Fugitive Hippo Shot Dead

Telegraph | Published: 1:19AM BST 15 Jul 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hunters have shot dead a fugitive hippopotamus that escaped from a menagerie owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. They are now searching fo...

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Former Colombia Foreign Minister Argues For An Extension Of Tough U.S. Drug Plan And Free Trade, Supports McCain

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

I think Senator McCain will probably win in November because what North Americans value most is security, stability and experience, and that is McCain.

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Hollywood's 3-Film Love Affair With Pablo Escobar

New York Times | MICHAEL CIEPLY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entourage, Ari Gold, Pablo Escobar Films, Medellin, Pablo Escobar, Entertainment News

As "Entourage," television's fictionalized Hollywood chronicle, wrapped its season last month, the agent extraordinaire Ari Gold saw his client's drea...

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