was the Electric Company, which had been expropriated from German shareholders after World War I, and was sold to the American Bond and Share Company on 4 May 1922. Orellana promoted the construction of hundreds of kilometers of railways and was pressured by the International Railways of Central America to enforce the Méndez-Williamson railroad contract, signed in 1908 by then president Manuel Estrada Cabrera. When Estrada Cabrera was ousted, IRCA had intended to enact this agreement but the acting president Carlos Herrera refused to implement the contract; after Herrera was overthrown, Orellana ratified the contract on 10 March 1922. The Guatemalan Congress issued the following laws during his term in office: Ratified the Central American Union Covenant held in San Jose, Costa Rica. Approved the contract for light, heat and electric power services, held in Guatemala City between government representatives and the Central America Power Company. Hydrocarbons law Ratified executive Decree 798, by which Archbishop Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón remained in exile. Approved the contract between the government and Emilio Capoulliez, proxy for Washington Serruys, for the installation of an electric tram. Approved the contract between the Ministry of Development and the All America Cables Incorporated company to build a public telegram office in Guatemala City Approved the contract with AEG from Berlin, Germany, to continue and complete the Los Altos Railway and the Santa María power plant. Approved oil exploration contracts with US companies. Work Act Endorsed and encourage a national soap industry development. The United Fruit Company Dockworkers strike: In mid-1924, Puerto Barrios workers -key to banana transport- demanded an 8-hour day and increased wages. When UFCO refused to accept, workers went on strike, with the support from all workers in the farms of the frutera. UFCO asked the Guatemalan government for help, and Orellana quickly sent troops to restore order in Puerto Barrios; the collision was brutal and resulted in numerous workers injured or dead. The strike lasted 27 days, but repression tactics finished it: 22 leaders were jailed and then expelled from the country. Railroad strike : In late 1924, the employees of International Railways of Central America (IRCA) demanded the reduction of working hours, higher wages and respect to their labor union. Railway Society. Again, the frutera flatly refused to accept these demands and ordered Orellana's government to violently repress the strike of five thousand workers. Cultural references Rafael Arevalo Martinez talks about Orellana