Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar of the journalist is played by Penélope Cruz, while the drug kingpin by Javier Bardem, both winners of the Oscar of the Academy of Hollywood as best supporting actors. Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar is the translation of the title ""Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar"", a memoir of the Colombian author and journalist Virginia Vallejo. It was originally written in Spanish and was published by Random House Mondadori on 22 September 2007, and Random House Inc. of New York on 4 October 2007. The book describes the five years-long (1982-1987) romantic relationship of the author with
Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord 10pm/9c, replacing "Decisiones Extremas". From July 30, 2012 to January 24, 2013, Telemundo aired half-hour episodes of "Pablo Escobar" and "El Rostro de la Venganza" weeknights, both sharing the 10pm time slot. From January 25 onwards, one-hour episodes of "El Rostro de la Venganza" were broadcast. The series begins and ends with his dramatic last moments before being shot to death by agents of the Colombian National Police, while escaping from a relative's home, and later flashing back to his chilhood in Valle de Aburra, Colombia, where Pablo is teased by his cousin, Gonzalo, and older brother, Peluche, on a