Beyond Magic Realism: The remarkable thread connecting Pablo Escobar, Gustavo Petro, and Donald Trump

The opening lines of the Netflix show Narcos are oddly prophetic, a homage to the great Gabriel Garcia Marquez who is considered the pioneer of the literary device, though Kafka or Rushdie fans could beg to differ. Of course, Donald Trump, a reality TV host who marches to his own drum is a genre of magic realism on his own but what’s remarkable is his last tussle with Colombian President Gustavo Petro has a connection with the most well-known Colombian export other than cocaine: Pablo Escobar.