Links-Historical Backgrounds: the United Fruit Massacre and Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude

Further Web Links on the United Fruit Massacre and Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude

Historical Links on Colombia and United Fruit

Colombia Link web site offers a quick historical overview of the country, personals, city information, an online store, and mentions tidbits on the author Márquez.

Colombiawar.org , by Paul Wolf, features an extensive historical account the Liberal and Conversative parties in Colombia.

General Board of Global Ministries contains a short history of Colombia.

United Fruit Company provides chronilogical events on the Banana Massacre and other Colombian related historical facts.

Marcelo Bucheli, from Stanford University, gives a detailed history on the United Fruits and Colombian politics.

Camilo A. Azcarate delivers a wonderful essay entitled "Psychosocial Dynamics of the Armed Conflict in Colombia."

Links on Gabriel García Márquez

The Modern World features countless scholarly essays on Márquez and his work, in English and Spanish.

Ian Johnson has a wonderful web site helping students with topic ideas on Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Maria R. Estorino writes an excellent essay on "Gabriel Garcia Marquez and His Approach to History in One Hundred Years of Solitude."