100 Años de Soledad by John Beiner https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6 Made with panache en-us 2018-12-20 12:47:47 UTC 2018-12-21 12:46:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png United Fruit Company beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316136438 Formed in 1899, the United Fruit Company was an American corporation which grew fruits (primarily bananas) on plantations in Latin American countries such as Colombia.  ]]> 2018-12-20 12:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316136438 Gringos beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316136501 With the introduction of the railroad to Macondo, many foreigners visit and immigrate to the city. One such visitor, a man by the name of Mr Herbert, discovered the wonderful quality of native fruits while eating in the Buendia house.]]> 2018-12-20 12:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316136501 Banana Massacre beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316137654 12 November 1928
Thousands of workers go on strike

On the 6th of December, Colombian army troops opened fire on a crowd of United Fruit Company workers on strike.  When the fire had subsided, somewhere between 47 and 3,000 men, women, and children had been wounded or killed.  The Colombian Army justified the act by claiming that the strike was organized by communist revolutionaries, while congressman Gaitan claimed that the army had acted under instruction from the United Fruit Company, protected by the United States.]]> 2018-12-20 12:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316137654 Massacre beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316137797 Jose Arcadio Segundo is witness to the massacre, "The captain gave the order to fire and fourteen machine guns answered at once." Jose Arcadio manages to escape the crowd, but many fall.]]> 2018-12-20 12:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316137797 placeholder beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316140809 2018-12-20 13:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316140809 Thousand Day's War beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316141776 2018-12-20 13:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316141776 Colonel Aureliano Buendia's failed rebellion, subsequent assassination of his illegitimate sons beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316318997 2018-12-21 00:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316318997 Colombian Civil War (1860-62) beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316319098 2018-12-21 00:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316319098 Initial conflict between conservatives and liberals beiner_john https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316319133 Aureliano Buendia leaves Macondo with a troop of young men, henceforth known as Colonel Aureliano Buendia.
"In almost twenty years of war, Colonel Aureliano..."]]> 2018-12-21 00:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beiner_john/zwu7e1nouqt6/wish/316319133