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Macondo (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈkondo]) is a
fictional town
described in
Gabriel García Márquez's
novel One
Hundred Years of Solitude. It is the home...
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coast of the
United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated
Macondo Prospect. It is
considered the
largest marine oil
spill in the history...
- The
Macondo Prospect (Mississippi
Canyon Block 252,
abbreviated MC252) is an oil and gas
prospect in the
United States Exclusive Economic Zone of the...
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whose patriarch, José
Arcadio Buendía,
founded the
fictitious town of
Macondo. The
novel is
often cited as one of the
supreme achievements in
world literature...
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Macondo is a
fictional town in the
works of
Gabriel García Márquez.
Macondo may also
refer to:
Macondo (film), a 2014
Austrian film
Macondo (star), or...
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which was
owned and
operated by
Transocean and
drilling for BP in the
Macondo Prospect oil
field about 40
miles (64 km)
southeast off the
Louisiana coast...
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realistic situations. Some of his
works are set in the
fictional village of
Macondo (mainly
inspired by his birthplace, Aracataca), and most of them explore...
- The 11th
Macondo Awards ceremony,
presented by the
Colombian Academy of
Cinematography Arts and Sciences,
honored the best
audiovisual productions of...
- of
Macondo in
Gabriel García Márquez's
novel One
Hundred Years of Solitude. On June 25, 2006, a
referendum to
rename the town "Aracataca-
Macondo" failed...
- company. On 20
April 2010,
while drilling in the Gulf of
Mexico at the
Macondo Prospect, a
blowout caused an
explosion on the rig that
killed 11 crewmen...
