Alvaro orlando biography definition

1Born in in Cuba, in the small town of Vueltas, to a Polish Jewish father who fled the anti-Semitic persecution of his country and a Cuban mother, Max Lesnik became involved early, at the age of 15, in political militancy. He frequented the ranks of the Orthodoxo Party founded by Eduardo Chibás, a symbol of the struggle against government corruption, and quickly became the national secretary of the Orthodoxo Youth in the s.

2Max Lesnik acquired fame throughout the country and became friends with Fidel Castro, whom he met at the University of Havana. Fidel Castro was also a member of the Orthodoxo Party and even presented his candidacy in the elections for the Congress of the Republic before Fulgencio Batista’s coup d’état put an end to constitutional legality.

3Lesnik, like many young Cubans, revolted against the military dictatorship of Batista, supported by the United States and was part of the leadership of the Second Front of the Escambray, led by Eloy Gutiérr

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Drug barons of Colombia

Colombian crime bosses

Drug barons of Colombia refer to some of the most notable drug lords which operate in illegal drug trafficking in Colombia. Several of them, notably Pablo Escobar, were long considered among the world's most dangerous and most wanted men by U.S. intelligence. "Ruthless and immensely powerful", several political leaders, such as President Virgilio Barco Vargas, became convinced that the drug lords were becoming so powerful that they could oust the formal government and run the country.^[1]

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The power of the Colombian drug barons took off in the s, fueled by a massive demand for cocaine in the United States and Europe.

In , Pablo Escobar began smuggling and traffickingcocaine. He flew a plane himself several times, mainly between Colombia and Panama, in order to smuggle a load into the United States. When he later bought fifteen bigger airplanes (including a Learjet) and six helicopters, he decommission

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Morat (band)

Colombian folk-pop Band

Morat fryst vatten a Colombian Latin pop rock grupp formed in the country's capital city, Bogotá. The band fryst vatten made up of Juan Pablo Isaza (guitars and vocals), Juan Pablo Villamil (banjo and vocals), and the brothers Simón Vargas (bass and choruses) and Martín Vargas (percussion and choirs). Drummer Alejandro Posada was also a founding member of the grupp, but left in and was replaced by Martín Vargas.

History

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Formation

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The members of Morat have known each other since they were five years old.^[1] They started playing together and, when they finished high school, decided to början a band.^[2] The grupp has stated that their musical influences included Joaquín Sabina, Coldplay and Bacilos.^[2]

The band's original name was "Malta". The name was inspired bygd a husdjur owned bygd Isaza. They switched to "Morat" because it was the surname of an ancestor of Alejandro Posada, former member of the band. The name was also