Kwangaloo mvakwemini kaDisemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ukuzulazula phantsi kweMedellin, iziko laseColombia kwanika umbono wendlela isixeko esakhe sabizwa ngokuba “likomkhulu lokubulala lehlabathi” esikwazile ukuziphakamisa kumabhodlo obomi baso bexesha elidlulileyo. isixeko esichumayo esikuyo namhlanje. Iivenkile zaziphithizela, i-mall ephambi kwePlaza Botero (Sculpture Plaza), yona ngokwayo iyindawo enomtsalane kubakhenkethi kwindawo yayo evulekileyo engama-80,729-square-square-foot ebambe imifanekiso eqingqiweyo engama-23 enikelwe ligcisa elaziwayo kwidolophu yasekhaya uFernando Botero, yayizele.
Izitrato zazizaliswe ngabantu abadlulayo, ababukeli, abathengisi abahambahambayo kunye noluhlu olususela kwikofu ekhawulezileyo ukuya kwimango. Isibini esasinemiyalezo emibini eyahluke kakhulu, nangona kunjalo, saphuma kwabanye ngaloo mvakwemini-umshumayeli oculayo owayenentshumayelo ebonakala ngathi ayitsali ngqalelo yamntu kunye nenye indoda “indlela yokwenza uthando ngokufanelekileyo” yatsala isihlwele esikhulu ngakumbi.
Ukugqobhoza kwesi sihlwele sisakhiwo eside esimhlophe esinegama elithi "Hollywood," elibonisa ukufana okumangalisayo nophawu lweHollywood lokwenyani, nangona zihluka ngobukhulu nangombala. Olona phawu lwaseHollywood (eKhalifoniya, eUnited States) lukhulu ngakumbi kwaye lumhlophe, kanti “iHollywood” kaMedellin incinane kwaye izuba.
Ngokwembono yombukeli, izitrato zaseMedellin ziyahlekisa ukubukela. Isihlwele singumxube we-eclectic weefashionistas ezemidlalo zefashoni zamva nje kunye nezo zinokukhathalela kancinci okanye zisenokuba hlwempuzekileyo ukuba zibe neendlela zokukhathalela ifashoni, nangona isixeko sisebenza kakuhle. Ngombulelo kuqhagamshelo loshishino lwamalaphu, esi sixeko besisoloko silandela iBogota, ikomkhulu laseColombia, ngokwemali.
Inkqubo yoxolo phakathi kwama-paramilitaries kunye noSodolophu waseMedellin uSergio Fajardo, ohlonitshwa eColombia njengophawu oluqinileyo loxolo, yenze ukuba kube lula ukuba umntu athathe into enokuba yimvakwemini eyonqena ukuzulazula kumbindi weMedellin ukuze kwenzeke. Kwixesha elingekude kangako, abantu babevalelwe emakhayeni abo ngenxa yokuphalazwa kwegazi okwaqhambuka emva kokufa koyena nyana udumileyo kaMedellin—uPablo Escobar.
Ukuthetha nabahlali, urhulumente ubonakala ebeke umthetho we-gag ongekho semthethweni kuPablo Escobar. Kubahlali baseMedellin, igama elithi Pablo Escobar liyi-taboo kwaye akufuneki lithethwe ngaphandle kokuba kumxholo wokhenketho. Into enzima kancinci ukuyenza kubahlali baseMedellin kuba uninzi lwabantu abahluphekayo baseMedellin bajonga umphathi weziyobisi ongasekhoyo njengohlobo lwenguqulelo yabo ye "Robin Hood." Kwabanye babo, uEscobar waye (okanye) ligorha.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, urhulumente wase-Colombia, kwinto ebonakala ngathi yinto ephazamisayo, uncedisa ngemali ye-US $ 100 yezigidi zeprojekthi yokhenketho ejikeleza ubomi buka-Escobar. IHacienda Napoles yakhe yodumo iguqulwa ibe yindawo yokulala yobumnandi kunye nepaki yokonwabisa kwindawo esebenzisa umbono kaEscobar wepaki yohlobo lwedayinaso ebizwa ngokuba yi "Jurassic Park" ivaliwe ukuba igqitywe. Ngaphambi kokuba umntu afikelele eJurassic Park, nangona kunjalo, abahambi (kunye nabaseColombia, ngokubanzi) baya kudibana nobushushu obungacacanga bukaRhulumente kwi-Escobar-intolongo. Loo ntolongo yakhiwe njengenxalenye yeprojekthi yabucala yeedola ezili-100 zeedola kwaye ijonge eHacienda Napoles.
Ukuqaphela okanye akunjalo, ixesha elidlulileyo likaMedellin lidibene ngokusondeleyo nobomi buka-Escobar ukuba impembelelo yakhe inokuthi igxininiswe ngonaphakade kwimbali yaseColombia. Ngokwembono yengqondo, impembelelo ka-Escobar iyaphila kakhulu, kunye neenzame zikarhulumente zokuyifihla ngandlela thile kwimbali yaseColombia. U-Oscar Orosco, umntu ophambili kwiprojekthi yokhenketho ye-100 yezigidi zeedola, usenamaphupha amabi ka-Escobar oza emva kwakhe. U-Orosco, uyise osandul’ ukusweleka, uthe ukhe acele kutata wakhe ongasekhoyo ukuba axolise ngaye ngokuthatha iprojekthi yezokhenketho.
Nokuba urhulumente waseColombia uyayithanda okanye akayithandi, i-Escobar yenye yezona ndawo zinomtsalane kukhenketho eColombia. Le projekthi yokhenketho ekhankanywe ngasentla ye-US$ 100 yezigidi bubungqina obaneleyo bokuba urhulumente waseColombia, naye, uyayibona le mpembelelo. Le projekthi ime malunga neemayile ezili-100 empuma yeMedellin (ePuerto Triunfo, Antioquia, kulapho uEscobar wayehlala khona). Iivenkile zokutyela kule ngingqi zinebhongo zixelela iindwendwe, “uPablo utye apha.”
EMedellin, kukho izinto ezininzi ezinokwenziwa ngabakhenkethi; ukusuka kubomi basebusuku ukuya kwimisebenzi yolonwabo emini (isixeko sineendawo ezintathu zegalufa ezikumgangatho wehlabathi). Ngoku esi sixeko sizidla ngokuba kuphela kwezithuthi zikawonke-wonke ehlabathini ezidibanisa inkqubo kaloliwe yaso nenkqubo yemoto yeentambo. Ebizwa ngokuba yiMetro, isebenza imigca emibini-Umgca A onqumla i-Aburra Valley ukusuka kuMantla ukuya eMzantsi kunye noLine B, odibanisa noMzila A kwisikhululo sedolophu yaseSan Antonio, ukhonza iindawo ezisentshona zaseMedellin. I-Cable Metro, kwelinye icala, ihamba ngaphezulu kwe-49-foot ye-viaduct ephezulu xa ingena kwindawo ephithizelayo yase-Medellin, inika umbono omangalisayo wesixeko.
Ukukhwela uloliwe kunye nokudluliselwa kwimoto yentambo ngamava ngokwawo. Enye into, abahlali baseMedellin banebhongo elikhulu ngokuba nayo kwaye ibonisa. Aba loliwe ngabona bacocekileyo kunabo bonke oololiwe abakhe bahamba le ntatheli. Ngokuphathelele inkqubo yeemoto zeentambo, “Yeyona nto ilungileyo [urhulumente] ayenzele iMedellin,” latsho elinye inene esele likhulile. Kwabaninzi, i-cable car ibe yindlela yokuthutha ekhethiweyo. “Ixabiso eliphantsi kunokukhwela ibhasi,” lachulumanca elinye ibhinqa, elalihamba nabantwana balo abathathu ngaloo mvakwemini.
KwiMedellin, ubomi buyaqhubeka. “Namhlanje iMedellin likomkhulu apho intlalo yoluntu kunye nobomi ekuhlaleni zibalulekile kumbono omtsha wehlabathi, apho amawakawaka abatyeleli abancomekayo abasuka kweminye imimandla nakwamanye amazwe angamangqina,” utshilo uSodolophu uFajardo kwileta eyamkelekileyo kubakhenkethi. I-Medellin ngoku ibamba abakhenkethi bamazwe angaphandle abaphantse babe yi-100,000 ngonyaka, nangona ubukhulu becala bezoshishino. Isixeko sinobomi basebusuku obudlamkileyo obukhuphisana nayo nayiphi na indawo enkulu yabakhenkethi ehlabathini. Abathandi bolonwabo ebusuku banxiba iimpahla zokukholisa ukutshatisa isixeko imivalo eyahlukeneyo kunye neeklabhu. Nasemini, kuyacaca ukuba iMedellin ikwazile ukuba yintloko yefashoni yaseMedellin. Amadoda adlala ngendlela esefashonini kuzo zonke iintlobo zeenwele ezifumanekayo “zokhetshe” ezingabonwa naphi na, ngoxa abafazi bekwazile ukuqingqa umfanekiso onomtsalane ngakumbi—wokuba “bona bahle” eLatin America.
Umsitho oye waba luphawu lwesi sixeko ngumboniso wezibane zeKrisimesi ezitsala amawaka abakhenkethi. NgoDisemba nangoJanuwari, iMedellin iziguqula ibe “likomkhulu lokukhanya, “apho amawaka ezibane aboniswa ngobuchule ecaleni koMlambo iMedellin, kwiNduli yaseNutibara, kwisitalato iAvenida La Playa, kunye nezinye iindlela zedolophu nezikwere.
Ukufika eMedellin akuzange kufikeleleke ngakumbi. Ngenxa yeenzame zorhulumente waseColombia, ngoku kukho iinqwelomoya ezininzi eziya eMedellin ngoku kunangaphambili. Noko ke, abahambi bafanele baphawule ukuba isikhululo seenqwelo-moya esisebenza eMedellin (esibizwa ngokuba yiJosé María Córdova International Airport) sikwenye idolophu ebizwa ngokuba yiRio Negro, malunga nemizuzu engama-45 ukusuka eMedellin. Lindela ukuhlawula imali yokukhwela iteksi, njengoko uninzi lweehotele zingaboneleli ngenkonzo yothutho.
