Ngemuva kokuthola udumo ngazo zonke izizathu ezingalungile, iColombia iyizwe elilinde ukutholwa kabusha wumhlaba wonke.
Kusukela emakhazeni aqabulayo enhloko-dolobha iBogota kuya ogwini oluvunguza umoya lwaseBarranquilla kuya eCartagena eshisayo, eshisayo kanye nazo zonke ezinye izindawo eziphakathi nendawo, iColombia igcwele ubuhle nezimanga, ngokushesha ishiya ngemuva kwayo inkathi engcolile ebeka izwe endaweni ekahle. phezulu kwezixwayiso zohambo.
Manje, iholwa ithimba lochwepheshe abasebasha abahola i-Proexport Colombia, ihhovisi lezohwebo likahulumeni elibhekele ukuthekelisa, ukuvakasha kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali, i-Colombia inxenxa izivakashi ukuthi zize zizozibonela ngokwazo, okuhlanganisa ne-Caribbean quintet-onesibindi sakho ngayo. Intatheli ye-Express ibimenywe yilungu ohambweni lwabezindaba ngenyanga edlule ukuzobheka ezimbalwa kwezingama-50 zegalofu ezisabalele endaweni yesine ngobukhulu eNingizimu Melika.
Kodwa nakuba ibusiswe ngezifundo ezimbalwa ezinhle kakhulu nokunye okukhangayo okuhlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ama-emerald negolide, indawo edayisa kakhulu yase-Colombia abantu bayo abanobungane bangempela abenza konke okusemandleni abo ukuze bakwenze uzizwe wamukelekile.
Ngaphambi kokuba ngifike lapho, umuntu wokuqala waseColombia engahlangana naye wayesendizeni yeCopa Airlines esuka ePanama futhi ngaphandle kokutshelwa ukuthi waqala ukuthengisa indawo yakhe yokuzalwa, ayeziqhenya ngayo futhi engasakwazi ukulinda ukubuyela kuyo.
UWilliam uyiphoyisa elineminyaka engu-26 ubudala lase-Ibague e-Tolima elalisekhefini ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa lisebenza nombutho weZizwe Ezihlangene ogcina ukuthula eHaiti, elibheke ngabomvu ukubona indodakazi yakhe, eyayigubha usuku lwayo lokuzalwa lwesibili ngosuku olulandelayo, Julayi 29.
Ebuka ngefasitela lendiza, wakhomba izindawo eziningi zokugcina izithombo lapho zitshala khona izimbali, ezingenye yezindawo ezihola kakhulu eColombia ngemali yangaphandle, futhi wagcizelela ukuthi kufanele ngizame ikhofi, iColombia engumkhiqizi wesibili omkhulu eNingizimu Melika ngemva kweBrazil. , uJuan Valdez ephakathi kwamagama emikhiqizo adume kakhulu.
Kodwa kukho konke ukuthuka kwakhe nolwazi lwakhe, uWilliam uhlala ekhumbula izinsuku zobumnyama zezwe lakubo, lapho kwakucishe kube yisifiso sokufa ukuya lapho.
Engalweni yakhe yesokudla kukhona i-indent engama-intshi ayisithupha eshiywe yinhlamvu ngesikhathi impi yomlilo nabashokobezi be-FARC abebelokhu belwa nohulumeni waseColombia amashumi eminyaka, iminyaka engama-45 iyona ngqo, lapho babenecala lokubulala kanye nesiphithiphithi kanye nokuthumba okungenakubalwa. , nabathunjwa abambalwa abasathunjiwe.
Isikhathi sikaWilliam seminyaka eyisikhombisa enkonzweni yamaphoyisa siqondana nesikhathi sokuba sesikhundleni sikamongameli wama-39 waseColombia, u-Alvaro Uribe, oseqale ukwanda kwezempi ngokumelene ne-FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) ngemva kwezivumelwano eziningi ezibhuntshile kanye nezingxoxo ezichithiwe. Uthi abashokobezi, okuke bawela umngcele bangena e-Ecuador engumakhelwane bebalekela amasosha kahulumeni, manje sebevinjwe endaweni encane endaweni enabantu abambalwa eseningizimu yezwe.
Lokho kwaqinisekiswa ngakusasa umbiko we-CNN owawuthi i-FARC, eyaqala njengengalo yezempi yeQembu LamaKhomanisi futhi ethathwa njengeqembu lamaphekula, manje selibalelwa ku-10,000, okuyidlanzana phakathi kwabantu baseColombia abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-40. Futhi emasontweni amabili edlule, i-Associated Press (AP) ibike ngokuzinikela kwabashokobezi abambalwa, iningi labo okungabomdabu baseNdiya.
UWilliam uthe abaphathi baka-Uribe nabo bebelokhu bekhuthaza abalimi basemaphandleni ukuthi behlise insimu yabo ye-coca-umthombo we-cocaine, esinye isizathu segama elibi laseColombia. Abakhiqizi be-Coca banikezwa ezinye izilimo okufanele bazitshale, kodwa inzuzo evela kulezo ayizuzisi njengaleyo ababeyoyithola ku-coca enenzuzo, ngakho-ke iziphathimandla kusafanele zibhekane nalokho futhi zenze uhlobo oluthile lokuvumelana.
Kunjalo, awukwazi ukusho i-cocaine ne-Colombia ngaphandle kokuvuselela isipoki sika-Pablo Escobar, umqambi wezidakamizwa owaziwa kakhulu owabulawa ibutho lase-Colombia eliqeqeshwe yi-US phezu kophahla lwase-Medellin ngo-1993.
Ngokuvumelana ne Wikipedia, ekuphakameni kwamandla ombuso wakhe ngo-1989, iphephabhuku iForbes lalinganisela ukuthi u-Escobar uyindoda yesikhombisa ecebe kakhulu emhlabeni ingcebo yomuntu siqu ka-US$4 billion, kuyilapho inqola yakhe yaseMedellin ilawula amaphesenti angu-80 emakethe ye-cocaine yomhlaba wonke.
Eminyakeni eyishumi nesithupha ngemva kokushona kwakhe, abantu baseColombia ababehambela phesheya basakhunjuzwa ngezenzo zokubulala zika-Escobar futhi kufanele babhekane nefa lakhe eliwumlutha nomaphi lapho beya khona, kanye nesishayo se-FARC, okwakunedumela lokuthi usebenze eduze kwenethiwekhi yakhe yezidakamizwa.
Kodwa iColombia yanamuhla inezinye izingqinamba emqondweni wayo futhi abafana nephoyisa eligcina ukuthula uWilliam kanye nabamele iProexport benza konke okusemandleni abo ukuthuthukisa isithombe sezwe labo elihlanjalazwa kakhulu, okuwukuphela kwezwe eNingizimu Melika elibhekene neCaribbean. Ulwandle noLwandlekazi iPacific futhi okuyindawo engaphansi kwamahora amane ukusuka eTrinidad, ngendiza exhumayo ePanama, empeleni eyayiyingxenye yeColombia kwaze kwaba ngu-1903.
“Sifuna ukushintsha umbono abantu abanawo ngeColombia,” kusho uJuan Sebastian Bargans Ballesteros oneminyaka engu-25, osesebenze neProexport Colombia unyaka wonke futhi ophethe ukukhushulwa kwezikhundla kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Melika.
UJuan nozakwabo, okuhlanganisa no-Andres, uCesar, u-Ana Maria, uDarwin noJorge, babengababungazi abanomusa kakhulu phakathi nokuvakasha kwethu kwezinsuku eziyisithupha, okwakunohambo olugcwele olwalungathatha amasonto amabili.
Kwaqala e-Bogota, inhloko-dolobha ephithizelayo yase-Colombia eyasungulwa ngo-1538 futhi manje isiyikhaya lezakhamuzi eziyizigidi eziyisikhombisa, idolobha elinezakhiwo eziphakeme phakathi kweminyuziyamu yasendulo kanye nezakhiwo zamakholoni, lapho usengakwazi khona ukubona izinqola ezidonswa amahhashi eceleni kwethrafikhi yehora.
I-Bogota ihlezi phezu kwethafa elingamafidi angu-8,500 phezulu e-Andes Mountains futhi izinga lokushisa lishona cishe kumadigri ayisishiyagalombili Celsius, ngakho hamba nejezi lakho. Izinga lokushisa liyanezela futhi umuzwa walo waseYurophu.
Isitobhi sethu sokuqala kwaba yi-Country Club de Bogota, lapho umphakathi ophakeme udlala igalofu nethenisi bese ushaya amakhala echibini lokubhukuda elishisayo elibiza u-US$250,000 wobulungu impilo yonke. Kodwa, okufana ncamashí nendawo yonke esasiya kuyo e-Colombia, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sicebile noma simpofu, bonke bamomotheka futhi basibingelela njengabangane abalahlekelwa kudala.
Ngalobo busuku bangoLwesithathu, sadla kwenye yezindawo zokudlela ezidume kakhulu e-Bogota, i-Harry's, lapho ngathola khona injabulo yokunambitha ikhekhe likashokholethi elithi “el mejor” ukuze ngithole uphudingi futhi laphila ngokuvumelana nenkokhelo. Ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, sazungeza iplaza ephilayo, sidlula ezindaweni zokucima ukoma namakilabhu agcwele abantu ababedansa ubusuku bonke, kuyilapho i- peloton yabashayeli bamabhayisikili abasebasha bephazima bedlula futhi ama-hucksters aphikelelayo ezama ngakho konke okusemandleni ukuze asithengisele ubucwebe, amawashi, izimbali noma amaswidi.
ULwesine ekuseni sihambe imizuzu engaba ngu-40 ngaphandle kwaseBogota, sinendawo enhle kuwo wonke amakhona, ukuze sibone izifundo ezimbili, okwesibili kuzo, i-Club El Rincon de Cajica, isingathe iNdebe Yomhlaba Yegalofu ka-1980 futhi inefulegi laseTrinidad neTobago phakathi kwabaningi. abanye belenga endlini yokulala.
UJuan uveze ukuthi amagquma abheke i-Club El Rincon, enamalungu akhethiwe angaba ngu-350 akhokha u-US$35,000 ukuze ajoyine kanye nama-US$600 ngenyanga, ayisizinda sezindlu ezibiza kakhulu e-Colombia.
Lapho sibuyela eBogota ngalobo busuku saqonda ngqo esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-El Dorado ukuze sibambe indiza yemizuzu engu-30 eya eBucaramanga, lapho ngenxa yokubambezeleka asizange sifike ehhotela lethu kwaze kwaba ngemva kwamabili. Kodwa i-chit yesiphuzo samahhala yayinzima kakhulu ukuthi ingamelana noFelix, onohlelo lwakhe lwegalofu oluboniswa masonto onke kumabonakude eDominican Republic, uCatherine, intatheli ene-Hole In One Golf News ePuerto Rico, mina kanye nathi saphuza izingilazi ezimbalwa zaseCuba. Kumahhala endaweni yehhotela ngenkathi ubuka ikhonsathi ehlakaniphile enabaculi besiLatini u-Juan Luis Guerra, u-Ruben Blades no-Roby Draco Rosa.
Ngamazwi abo ezinhlamvu-sibonga imibhalo engezansi yesiNgisi-ngahlala ngicabanga ukuthi uDavid Rudder wethu angafanelana nabo, abaculi abawine imiklomelo abaxhunywe uLwandle lweCaribbean.
Emahoreni amane bese sivuka futhi cishe ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni, silibangise e-Ruitoque Golf Country Club, isifundo esiklanywe uJack Nicklaus esingaphezu kwamamitha angu-5,000 phezulu e-Andes futhi sinemibono emangalisayo cishe kuyo yonke imigodi.
Kuthe uma ezwa ukuthi ngiphumaphi, umphathi-jikelele weqembu, uMauricio Ulloa Diaz, wabuza ngobudlelwano beTrinidad neTobago neVenezuela, uMengameli uHugo Chavez ubize inxusa lakhe eBogota ngayizolo, kulandela ukusolwa kweColombia ngeVenezuela ngokupha iFARC izikhali.
“Asinankinga naye. Sishiya uChavez ukuze akunikeze ubunzima,” ngancokola, uMauricio waphendula: “Nabo bonke abanye.”
Lo mholi waseVenezuela onesandla esiqinile, naye ophatheke kabi ngohlelo luka-Uribe lokuvumela iMelika ukuthi ifake amasosha ase-US ezikhungweni zempi eColombia, uthathwa njengomuntu oyisiphukuphuku kubantu abaningi baseColombia. Kunezingoma emsakazweni ezihlekisa ngaye, uJuan esitshela ukuthi kwase kungokwesihlanu uChavez enqamula ubudlelwano bezokuxhumana.
I-Colombia-eyaziwa futhi ngokuphuma kwayo kwezolimo, okuhlanganisa ubhanana, ummbila, amazambane, irayisi kanye umoba-ihlinzeka iVenezuela ngokudla kwayo okuningi futhi lokhu okulandelayo kuzohlupheka kakhulu kunoma iyiphi ingxabano, yingakho uChavez evame ukwenza ukuthula nomakhelwane wakhe. entshonalanga futhi abaseColombia abamthathi kakhulu.
Ngakho-ke sibe nezinto ezingcono okufanele sizicabangele kunoChavez oshaja igalofu, njengezikhungo zegalofu eziningi ezinhle kakhulu zezingane kuzo zonke izifundo esizivakashele, iColombia izokhiqiza enye i-Camilo Villegas, omunye wabadlali begalofu abashisayo e-US PGA. Tour futhi phakathi kwamadodana namadodakazi adume kakhulu ezweni, kanye nomculi othandekayo u-Shakira, umbhali owawine uMklomelo kaNobel uGabriel Garcia Marquez, kanye nomshayeli womjaho uJuan Pablo Montoya.
