Futebol, paixão e narcotráfico : narrativas do assassinato do colombiano Andrés Escobar na imprensa brasileira (1994)

Abstract

This monographic work is a descriptive and analytical study based on the following problem: as the Brazilian press, specifically Folha de São Paulo, had repercussions on the murder of Colombian player Andrés Escobar in 1994, happened a few days after the elimination of his team in the World Cup of the United States? From an analysis of the discourse expressed in the news published in the Folha de São Paulo, specifically in the "Cup" Space, we aimed to understand the speeches of the Brazilian press, specifically Folha de São Paulo about the murder of Colombian player Andrés Escobar in 1994. The work is structured in three great narratives to elucidate the problem: the conditions of the Colombian country at the beginning of the last century, placing Colombia in the tensions of Latin America in the XX century; the emergence and development of soccer and sport as a whole in the country of Colombia; Colombian drug trafficking and its communications with football, as well as the consequences of the influence of drug trafficking on Colombian soccer. It was concluded that a greater impact of the theme was expected in Jornal Folha de São Paulo. Another fact was the lack of clarification of the reason that led to the murder of the player Escobar. The last factor that concluded was the question of the exaggeration of the newspaper in relation to the title of the news regarding the death of the player Escobar