Part one of term paper
Although Colombia was not discussed in great detail in class this semester, it shares many of the themes and problems associated with Latin American third world countries. For the most part these themes stem from the same problem: the vast separation of wealth and power. Guerrilla movements, narco-terrrorism, drug trafficking and corruption ...

Part two of term paper
... Pablo Escobar, the ruthless and elusive head of the Medellin cartel. Ten men and women, mostly journalists, were abducted by Escobar’s henchmen and used as bargaining chips against extradition to the United States. Although this book focuses mainly on the theme of extradition, I want to show the relevance of the problems that Colombia had to deal with, to other Latin American countries. The abduction of the journalists was a response to the idea of how to create a judicial alternative to the ...