"Renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero recently donated works worth $200 million to his homeland to encourage cultural growth and an end to violence. Botero's works transcend national borders and cultures, and are accessible to everyone. He has painted the loveable side of Colombia he knew as a child, and the country's political turmoil he sees now." Botero states "someday, taxi drivers of the world will say to Colombian travelers, `Oh, you're from Colombia? Isn't that the country of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Olympic Gold Medal winner in women's weightlifting Maria Isabel Urrutia, and artist Fernando Botero?' And not mention Pablo Escobar even once."