How the US Stole Central America (With Bananas)

Опубликовано: 08 Декабрь 2021
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How the US used Bananas to Conquer Central America

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I will never be able to look at bananas the same way again. The history behind this fruit is filled with government coups, propaganda, and predatory corporations.
This is the story of how US imperialism gave us crappy bananas - and why the ones in your kitchen might be doomed.

Read more in a great book by Dan Koeppel: “Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World" https://bookshop.org/books/banana-the....
Big thanks to Mark Whalen for his research on the topic.
Thanks to   / centralamericandisruption   who covers the ramifications of this history.
And thank you to Anderson’s Tropical Fruit Farm in Florida for shipping us the Gros Michel Bananas!

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