Having to resort to illicit trading under colonial restrictions, prepared Columbia to engage in the culture of smuggling, which exploded in the ‘80’s with cocaine trafficking. Pablo Escobar, the most visible representative unleashed war on the state and left an imprint on the youth of both genders and transformed Miami, Florida into the fighting grounds for narcotic turf.
Join us at 7pm on Saturday, June 15, when Oakland University Professor of Latin American Studies, Dr. Aldona Bialowas Pobutsky, PhD, will explore the trajectory of cocaine in the US, when two cartels named after Medellin and Cali (two Colombian cities) brought unimaginable power and wealth to its major players and altered the fabric of Colombian society.
A native of Lublin, Poland, Aldona Bialowas Pobutsky, PhD, is the author of Pablo Escobar and Narcoculture published by the University of Florida Press in 2020. Her numerous articles on drug trafficking, gender and violence in Latin America have appeared in various academic presses in the US, Canada, Mexico and Colombia. She has guest-edited volumes on drug trafficking and violence in Latin America in Hispanic Journal, Studies in Latin American Popular Culture and the Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies. She is Associate Editor of Studies in Latin American Popular Culture (published by the University of Texas Press) and serves on editorial boards of academic journals in the US and Poland. She is also a featured expert on Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel on two television docuseries that are forthcoming on the History Channel.
You can attend Dr. Pobutsky’s live presentation at the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church in Southfield for a chance to mingle with your fellow Mensans and guests, or join us via Zoom.
There is no charge for the Zoom presentation, but, due to rising costs, your donation via PayPal is greatly appreciated. Please donate $5! To donate go to http://www.paypal.com and click on the “Send Money” tab. Enter the e-mail address treasurer@nullmensadetroit.com and your payment amount. Be sure to include a notation that your donation is for “SEMM Zoom Presentations.”
The Zoom room opens at 6:30pm (Eastern) for mingling. The program starts at 7:00pm (Eastern). Please remember that all attendees need to pre-register by clicking on the following link: https://tinyurl.com/SEMM-2024-Gathering