No Sense of Reality

One thing is Silvana Paternostro criticizing Colombian's on what she believes they are like and another thing is having a complete misconception over Colombia's reality. First, Silvana Paternostro states that Cachacos, people from Bogota, are sophisticated and aspire to go to clubs similar to those in London. Sure, there are those from Bogota that do go to clubs but this is definitely not the great majority. Bogota has a huge poverty rate because it is where people from all around the country come to look for job opportunities.

Apart from this, Paternostro also spends ages describing how Colombia looks like a doll. This is an extremely boring part of the "memoir" and just confuses the reader. The comparison between Colombia and a doll is completely unnecessary. Besides, Silvana Paternostro made herself seem senseless and idiotic as she basically said "The other day my niece made a  doll out of play dough with a broken arm and it reminded me of Colombia." 

As I get more into the book, I realize that Silvana Paternostro is an ignorant snob. As she states that the problems in Colombia aren't "that difficult to solve" she proves to me that she is completely and utterly clueless. Sure, its not difficult to stop 800,000 guerilla rebels from hurting the country with terrorist acts and drug trafficking. It is also so easy to deal with two extremist groups who apart from being against each other are also willing to harm innocent people. If solving the many issues in Colombia was that easy, Santos would not need the help of the United Nations and other organizations to attempt settling for peace. 

One of Paternostro's excuses for being ignorant concerning the country's reality is that she moved out of Colombia when she was 15, but this is completely invalid. I'm sure the majority 15 year olds know a lot more than Silvana Paternostro concerning Colombia and what it's facing. I am also sure that any Colombian that reads this book would be annoyed and infuriated by all the nonsense Silvana Paternostro remarks.