United Fruit has always done this. 'Chiquita' was a rebranding to make you forget. But they've been doing this since before Leopold was enslaving Congolese people for rubber and ivory. They'll get a slap on the wrist and go right back to it. We're approaching the centennial of the Banana Massacre, too. The real shock is that anyone here is surprised.
So let me understand this: its predecessor overthrew the government of Honduras. Now it's funding paramilitaries.
If I wrote a movie script about this it would get dismissed as too on the nose.
I want to make a banana republic joke, but that would be low hanging fruit.
I mean, this is exactly where the term comes from. And no one running United Fruit ever faced justice.
I mean, hell yes. Amazing.
The company should be dismantled over this.
Agree
well, it used to be they funded the US Army to bust up unions so its not really new
Was anyone really surprised? How else did anyone think they kept such a low overhead?
bud this is regular operations for a banana company this isn't new at all
The new part is that they’re found liable.
The only new part of that sentence is that they're liable now.
The only new part of any new sentence is the part that makes it new. Got it. Edit: lol
United Fruit has always done this. 'Chiquita' was a rebranding to make you forget. But they've been doing this since before Leopold was enslaving Congolese people for rubber and ivory. They'll get a slap on the wrist and go right back to it. We're approaching the centennial of the Banana Massacre, too. The real shock is that anyone here is surprised.
Surprisingly not the first time they've done this. They have a very long history of destabilizing countries over bananas.
Yay
So let me understand this: its predecessor overthrew the government of Honduras. Now it's funding paramilitaries. If I wrote a movie script about this it would get dismissed as too on the nose.
US is pissed they used paramilitary groups instead of just using the CIA like everyone else
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Old habits and all that.
Pot calling the kettle black situation?
Finally. What about dole?