Magdalena: River Of Dreams

[@AlejandroMS67]

What an incredible faux pas by the interviewer Mary Stack (you can see the incredulousness on Wade's face at 23:51) - to interrupt THE most important question of the interview (of which she was unaware, which is NOT to her credit), and (unbelievably) ask Wade to stop in mid-answer and SHIFT to another question? Not only had he not finished his answer, but he astutely insisted on finishing the answer, thank God he had the better sense to not allow her to shift into what turned into a question that wasn't even easily understood, as Wade had to ask her to repeat the question that SHE deemed more important than the one she interrupted. Unbelievable. Simply astounding. Worse yet, the interrupting question she wanted to ask (she finally gets her chance at 27:15) was "How can America borrow some of the aspiration and hope, you described, that are embedded in Colombia?" Notice how Stack deems the importance of how the USA can borrow some of that hope and aspiration to be MORE IMPORTANT than explaining one of the KEY SOLUTIONS to what is at the core of the situation that afflicts Colombia. Now consider the context - Wade has just finished explaining what a scourge American drug consumption and American foreign policy has been on Colombia, but she thinks a question asking how can America borrow some hope from Colombia, more important than the solution to Colombia's woes. THIS is in a nutshell, EXACTLY what is wrong with people from the wealthy developed Northern hemisphere, SO ENTITLED, so astoundingly ignorant, SO SELF-IMPORTANT. The USA and Europe have helped DESTROY COLOMBIA for DECADES, and whose press has turned Colombia into the international whipping post of choice, but never mind all that, let's address a question of how America can borrow hope from Colombia, as if that were more important than solving Colombia's woes...Unreal...ABSOLUTELY SICKENING. SHAMEFUL! This was a great interview, but mainly due to Wade, and not due to the interviewer at all. AT ALL.

[@horeageorgian7766]

She is a cow.

[@marulara2302]

What a great presentation of what Colombia, his people and the Cocaine business. Looking forward lo read the book.

[@philipbond9896]

a cocain trade that was and is finaced by the cia .