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Friday, June 1, 2012 - 14:22
Roderick T. Long

Banana Republican

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Read the Wikipedia page on the United Fruit Company, with particular attention to the sections titled “History in Central America” and “Banana massacre.”

Now read this article about the United Fruit Company on Reason.com. (CHT Sheldon.)

You may notice a certain … incompleteness in the latter’s account.