Hacienda Las Margaritas
The place
Hacienda Las Margaritas ("Daisy Hacienda") in Guayas province, Milagro/Naranjito area (Ecuadorian coastal plain, Ecuador), at 38 m elevation, tropical coastal plain. Continuous Ecuador coast cluster (batches 260-384). Agritourism farm hacienda growing bananas and sugar (Margaritas Bellis perennis, the iconic daisy + Guayas, 3.6 M inhabitants, Ecuador's leading province + Guayaquil, 2.7 M, economic capital + Malecón Bolívar 1993 iconic urban renewal + Milagro, 175,000, sugar and sugarcane, historic CAMSA + heritage of the Ecuadorians/Cañaris/Manteños (Spanish-mestizo people + pre-Columbian Cañaris 500-1470 + Manta-Huancavilca 500-1500 + Columbus did not land in Ecuador + Sebastián de Belalcázar 1534 founding of Quito + banana heritage, 8% of world production, EC leading exporter, Chiquita/Del Monte, United Fruit Company 1899 + Banana War 1902, UFC monopoly/farmer tensions).
The setting
Guayas Milagro/Naranjito Ecuadorian coastal plain Ecuador 38 m tropical coastal plain, continuous cluster batches 260-384, agritourism banana/sugar hacienda Margaritas Bellis perennis + Guayas 3.6 M leading EC province + Guayaquil 2.7 M economic capital + Malecón Bolívar 1993 + Milagro 175,000 sugar sugarcane CAMSA, Ecuadorians/Cañaris/Manteños Spanish-mestizo + pre-Columbian Cañaris 500-1470 + Manta-Huancavilca 500-1500 + Belalcázar 1534 Quito + banana 8% world EC exporter Chiquita/Del Monte UFC 1899 + Banana War 1902 UFC monopoly tension.
