well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelistjuan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political rea
my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political reality. so in a sense, t
My mother was always working and never there for me. I was alone in the house, crying and screaming for my mum. Then i met my friends bad friends who introduced me to drugs. I believe that the countrys economic crisis is what led to so much crime. Surprisingly, he backed more security measures, saying he wanted a way out of this life and addiction. This vote was called in response to scenes like these armed men holding a tv station hostage, prison riots, mass killings and kidnappings. This led to a state of emergency, where the military were brought in to fight gangs. The government hopes the results gives it s a mandate for this to continue. Translation we need security. Get rid of Narco Trafficking and criminality to bring peace to this country. Im voting no because militarising Ecuador Wont be beneficial for ecuadorians. For example, during the protests, they brought out the military and that wasnt against narco traffickers, but against the people. This vote to increase police
Surprisingly, he backed more security measures, saying he wanted a way out of this life and addiction. This vote was called in response to scenes like these armed men holding a tv station hostage, prison riots, mass killings and kidnappings. This led to a state of emergency, where the military were brought in to fight gangs. The government hopes the results gives it a mandate for this to continue. Translation we need security. Get rid of Narco Trafficking and criminality to bring peace to this country. Im voting no because militarising Ecuador Wont be beneficial for ecuadorians. For example, during the protests, they brought out the military and that wasnt against narco traffickers, but against the people. This vote to increase police and military powers has had a mixed reaction here. Those who have been victims of Police Brutality tell me they worry it could lead to more human rights abuses. But some of those who voted yes told me they think it could give them back another right the r
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