Guillermo Garcia

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This is an article about an 18th-century businessman. For the baseball player, see Guillermo Garcia (baseball).

Born in 1749 in Bonao, Guillermo Garcia was a highly influential business man in many South American countries. Garcia controlled many of the oil and forestry markets in countries such as Brazil and Chile.

However, after years of prosperity his business took a downfall when North American businessmen took over many of the South American businesses. The monopolistic power of the Americans caused Garcia to go bankrupt within a few short months. Garcia went into a stage of depression and began eating unhealthily, resulting in a heart failure by the time is was 53.