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Colombia to Print Garcia Marquez Banknotes in Tribute to Writer

Colombia's central bank will print banknotes to honor the country's most celebrated writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died in April and who is renowned as the father of magical realism storytelling. Congress passed a bill on Tuesday instructing the bank to feature a depiction of  "Gabo", as he was affectionately known, on the next bills it produces. The law also requires that certain sites in his native region be preserved for tourism. The prolific writer, who...


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