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The Colombian Narconovela
CST Online, Vol.13 January 2017
University of Hertfordshire. School of Creative Arts
2017
Abstract
Colombia’s narcotraficantes [narco-traffickers] emerged as a consequence of many complex factors. Washington supported the trade in drugs during its war in Vietnam as a means of funding proxy local actors, who quickly perceived potentially powerful market forces at play among the US military, and fuelled a demand that was soon repatriated. At the same time, the Global North counter-culture’s laughable fantasy of alternative consciousness was flowering, and Peace Corps veterans developed a taste for Colombia’s “Santa Marta Gold” mariguana...
Details
- Title
- The Colombian Narconovela
- Authors/Creators
- T. Miller (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- CST Online, Vol.13 January 2017
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire. School of Creative Arts
- Identifiers
- 991005543627307891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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