Word: colombianization
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It’s just after five o’clock on a Monday, and I’m in a room with 36 strangers watching a soccer match between the Colombian National team and their Peruvian counterparts...
...Colombian striker speeds past the slower Peruvian defender, and only the goalie stands between him and the goal. Uniformed library guards, bankers and—as in my case—students who have spent their afternoon researching eagerly rise in expectation of a can’t-miss goal...and groan loudly as the striker blows the shot...
...second half, the Colombian offense breaks loose and scores three quick goals. The library’s multimedia center explodes in shouts of joy and excitement that continues despite the strongest hisses and hushes from the librarians...
...ride from the library to my temporary residence in the safer, north section of Bogotá takes about 45 minutes. On the radio, a news anchor announces that the Colombian soccer team has advanced into the semifinals versus an upstart Honduras squad in the Cup of Peace, the tournament’s nickname...
...back to Bogotá that night I’m asked about my research: anti-imperialist movements in Latin America during the 60s. Immediately, the conversation shifts to the current U.S.-Colombian relations and the controversial Plan Colombia...