No Such Thing as Impossible - Jairo Álvarez B./ Susan D Mustafa

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From Adversity to Triumph. No Such Thing as Impossible is The Inspiring Story of Jairo Álavarez Botero, a Seventy Year Old Colombian Immigrant And Businessman Who is Living Proof That The American Dream is Not a Myth. From a Potato Farm in The Small Municipality of Sonsón, Located in The Mountains of Colombia, Jairo Rose Through The Ranks of The Army to Live a Dream as Member of The Elite Presidential Guard. Trained to Fight Guerrillas in The Tropical Jungle, Jairo Would Eventually Have to Put All of His Survival Instincts Into Action. As a Young Man, he Had Ambitions to Become a General, But Destiny Would Put Him on Different Course. It Was a Path That Would Strip Him of His Career in The Army, But Afford Him The Opportunity to Save His Presidents Life And Avert a Coup That Would Have Resulted in The Reestablishment of a Dictatorship in Colombia. It Would Also Force Him to Leave The Country he Loved. Jairo Arrived in The United States at The Age of Twenty Five With One Hundred Dollars in His Pocket And Unable to Speak a Word of English. Day After Day, he Practiced The Words in His English Dictionary on a Statue of Moses in Washington Park in Albany, New York. Within Three And a Half Years, he Had Learned The Language Well Enough to Earn an Honors Degree From The Albany Business College. It Also Acquires From a Potato Farm in The Small Municipality of Sonsón, Located ISBN: 9781434337153