Question
A leader of a guerilla movement in this country, Álvaro Fayad, symbolically stole Simón Bolívar’s sword in 1974, leaving behind a note saying he was returning it to the battlefield. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this country where the 19th of April movement took most of the Supreme Court hostage in the 1985 Palace of Justice Siege.
ANSWER: Colombia [or Republic of Colombia or República de Colombia]
[10e] The Palace of Justice Siege may have been financed by this drug trafficker, who led the Medellín Cartel until his death in 1993.
ANSWER: Pablo Escobar [or Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria]
[10h] This company paid the American government a 25 million dollar fine for funding the AUC, a right-wing paramilitary group, to protect their workers from drug traffickers. This company’s predecessor massacred striking workers in Ciénaga in 1928.
ANSWER: Chiquita Brands International [prompt on United Fruit Company] (The United Fruit Company committed the Banana Massacre in Ciénaga.)
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
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| Illinois Blue | Chicago A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |