Who is Macondo?

Answer 1

1. A fictitious town
in the novels by Gabriel García Márquez (e.g. "One Hundred Years of Solitude").
http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/
http://www.latinballet.com/macondo.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macondo

2. The name of this fictitious town has been used dozens of times by businesses. Oh what it is to be an original thinker. So it is also ...
a) A band
(i) in Essex, UK, playing electro-pop, indie music.
http://www.macondo.org.uk/
(ii) in Colombia, playing cumbia
http://www.salsaartists.com/index.php3?text=artists/bands/artist_macondoylaindiameliyara
b) An art gallery
in Pittsburgh, specialising in Haitian art.
http://www.artshaitian.com/
c) A Bed-and-Breakfast Guest House
in Cuenca, Ecuador
http://macondo.cedei.org/
d) A nightclub
in Korea, specialising in Latin dance music
http://www.macondo.co.kr/
e) An internet radio station
specialising in Latin music (recently discontinued streaming, but now podcasting)
http://www.orsradio.com/salsa.php
f) A Self Help Group
in Milan, Italy
http://www.macondo.it/chisiamo/
http://www.ecn.org/macondo/
g) A literature website
in Norway, promoting authors around the world.
http://www.macondo.nu/index.htm
h) A writers' workshop
in San Antonio, Texas
http://www.macondoworkshop.org/
i) A giftshop
in USA, selling fashion, folk art, jewellery and gifts (closed down in 2002)
http://artshaitian.lm.com/Pages/boutiqueone.html
j) A Restaurant
(i) in Tenerife, Canary Islands, specialising in Mediterranean seafood
http://www.macondo-la-gomera.com/index.htm
(ii) in Nayarit, Mexico, specialising in Italian cuisine
http://www.macondosayulita.com/
k) A Magazine
(i) in Chile
http://www.macondo.uchile.cl/
(ii) in Germany, specialising in literature and photography
http://www.macondo-festival.de/magazin/index.html
l) A furniture shop
(i) in Miami, Florida
http://www.macondofurniture.com/
(ii) in Bogotá, Colombia
http://www.macondointernational.com/eng/home-e.html
m) A Music Promotion business
in Chile, specialising in Latin music
http://www.macondo.cl/index2.html
n) A blogger
http://www.netscape.com/member/Macondo/activity/submitted/1/
o) A university student association
in Madrid, Spain
http://www.macondoweb.org/cine/
p) A bar / photo gallery
in Salamanca, Spain
http://www.macondo.es/portada/
q) A film sales / production business
(i) in Mexico, specialising in Mexican film.
http://macondocine.com/
(ii) in Sao Paolo, Brazil, specialising in Brazilian film.
http://www.macondo.com.br/
r) A bdsm spanking website
specialising in black bottoms (I kid you not!)
http://www.macondos.net/