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News of a kidnapping

Francisco Landaverde
10th Grade
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News of a Kidnapping


1. Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6, 1928 in Aracataca, Columbia. It is a northern town in Columbia. He is still alive today. His grandparents raised him with many aunts living in the same house. The establishment of the Liberal and Conservative political parties in 1849 played a part in many of the author’s fictional works. Another event that would influence his works was the Banana Strike Massacre of 1928. The war of a Thousand Days, Columbia’s worst civil war, ended in 1902 with the defeat of the Liberals. The author’s grandfather was involved in the war, and many of t...

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