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| “ | I don't believe this. Two months of planning, and you can't anticipate one pendejo of a cop?! | „ |
| ~ Esperanza angry about McClane getting in the way of his escape. |
General Ramon Esperanza is the overarching antagonist of the 1990 action film Die Hard 2, the second installment of the Die Hard franchise.
He is a notorious drug lord and the despotic ruler of the Republic of Val Verde.
He was portrayed by Franco Nero.
Biography[]
Esperanza is the corrupt leader of the Republic of Val Verde. During his fight against Communism, he went into the most notorious business of all, cocaine smuggling. Although he was overthrown as Val Verde's President, he was not to be extradited until sometime later. That is what Colonel Stuart heard over the TV. On his flight, Foreign Military 1, Esperanza asked for a lighter from his guard. Then later on, he kills his guard by strangling him with his handcuff chains. He then takes over the flight called "Foxtrot Michael 1" by Dulles Tower. He first kills the pilots then radios Stuart he will make a crash landing on a runway of his own choosing.
John McClane encounters him first after landing but before the cop could arrest him, Stuart arrives to collect him then kill McClane. During the gunfight and before escaping with Stuart, Esperanza is wounded on his right arm by McClane. When the getaway plane was readied, Esperanza was the designated pilot for Stuart to fly to someplace peaceful where the law won't find them. However, McClane makes it onto the plane and causes a large fuel leak, then ignites it with his lighter which blows up the plane with Esperanza and everyone else still inside.
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Trivia[]
- Esperanza is likely inspired by Manuel Noriega, a real-life Panamian strongman and drug lord, who had a working relationship with the United States in 1980s to counter Central American conflicts and communism in countries like Nicaragua and El Salvador. Notably, Noriega had a good working relationship with Colonel Oliver North, the latter serving as template for Die Hard 2's main antagonist; Colonel William Stuart. Noriega was captured in December 1989 and flown by plane to the United States to be prosecuted there in 1990, the same year Die Hard 2 was released.
- While it might seem Franco Nero is speaking Spanish quite well, Nero's thick Italian accent is still evident if you have an adequate grasp on the Spanish language.
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