(Not So) Fun Fact: A Fruit Company Being a De Facto Fascist Party

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The United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) might be a private company, but they had quite a bit of a political influence in Latin America. They have committed many evils including massacring workers who went on strike. They had even convinced the United States to oust the left-leaning president of Guatemala because he was redistributing land they weren’t using but hoarding.

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  1. Christine's avatar Christine says:

    Interesting

  2. Yikes! No wonder they changed their company name for modern times.

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