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This article, inspired by a TV interview with the Nobel Prize-winner

Gabriel García Márquez, revises the ways that the fiction
in
One Hundred Years of
Solitude has been accepted as history. In particular, it raises some
questions about
how literary critics and historians have accepted as history
García Márquez's
rendition of the events during the strike that took place in Colombia in
1928. It
examines the repressive nature of the Colombian regime and of the strike
itself; it
also examines the idea that following the strike there was a sort of 'conspiracy

of silence' to erase the truth from the nation's history.

RÉSUMÉ : Ce travail observe à quel point l'essor remarquable que connut Barranquilla à partir de 1850 a découlé en grande partie des avantages que signifiait le modèle libéral d'exportation qui prédominait alors en Colombie. On suggère qu'avec les avancées du dirigisme d'Etat qui vint réorienter le processus d'intégration nationale, le port de Barranquilla s'est vu défavorisé par rapport à ceux du Pacifique.

On 1 February 1875, a hopeful President Santiago Pérez took pride in informing Congress of the peace and prosperity brought about by a decade or so of Radical rule in Colombia. His optimism was soon disappointed. A week later, he quelled a mutiny only by replacing both his Minister of War and the Army Commander-in-Chief. At the end of the month, the State of Magdalena was showing serious signs of political turmoil, while the recently sacked Minister of War, General Ramón Santodomingo Vila, was in the port of Barranquilla plotting against the government of the Union. By August, the States of Bolívar and Panamá had both officially declared war against Pérez's administration; rumours reached Bogotá which accused 'Santo Domingo Vila of conspiracy to be President of the Republic of Costa Firme'. Customs-houses in the Caribbean ports were held by rebel forces for almost four months, and rebel steamers on the Magdalena river blocked the country's main artery of trade. Bloody confrontations completed the picture of another civil war, leaving behind an indefinite number of casualties and a Treasury in disarray. When President Pérez again faced Congress to give his annual message in 1876, he had to acknowledge his previous misjudgement.

The ties between Latin America and Great Britain have not been close. However, since the end of the last decade there has been a growing interest from Great Britain in the region. To understand this new trend, this paper first analyzes the antecedents of Anglo-Latin American relations since 1930. Then, the various signs that show this reorientation are examined: the respective official visits, the presence of the Latin American issue in British parliamentary debates and the strengthening of economic ties, among others. Finally, the limitations or other areas of concern of British diplomacy that condition this approach are mentioned. In conclusion, it is suggested that Great Britain's interest in Latin America will continue to the extent that this region consolidates the political and economic reforms that it is carrying out. ; Los lazos entre América Latina y Gran Bretaña no han sido estrechos. Sin embargo, desde fines de la década pasada se aprecia un creciente interés de Gran Bretaña hacia la región. Para comprender esta nueva tendencia, en el presente trabajo se analizan, en primer lugar, los antecedentes de las relaciones anglo-latinoamericanas a partir de 1930. Luego, se examinan las diversas señales que muestran esta reorientación: las respectivas visitas oficiales, la presencia del tema latinoamericano en los debates parlamentarios británicos y el fortalecimiento de los vínculos económicos, entre otros. Finalmente, se mencionan las limitaciones u otras áreas de preocupación de la diplomacia británica que condicionan este acercamiento. Como conclusión, se plantea que el interés de Gran Bretaña por América Latina se mantendrá en la medida que esta región consolide las reformas políticas y económicas que está llevando a cabo.

Examines British policy toward Latin America since the late 1980s. Includes historical background.

A partir de 1850, la expansión de la geografía cafetera en Colombia motivó el intercambio comercial entre las zonas productoras del interior andino con los puertos del Caribe. Tras la apertura del Canal de Panamá, el café comenzó a preferir la ruta del Pacífico. El café determinó así dos sentidos de la integración nacional en Colombia.