The 1928 Banana Massacre: Colombia's Bloody Labor Uprising

In December 1928, Colombian troops opened fire on striking banana workers in the small town of Ciénaga, near Santa Marta. The massacre, carried out on the orders of a government allied with the United Fruit Company, left hundreds dead and became a defining moment in the country's labor history. This episode unpacks the strike's demands, the political pressure from an American corporation, and the role of then-congressman Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, who investigated the atrocity and launched his national career. We also explore how Gabriel García Márquez fictionalized the slaughter in his novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', and why the event still resonates in modern Colombia.

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