United Fruit Company / Tropical Trading / Cuyamel Fruit Company / Chiquita Brands International / Transport Company / Boston Fruit Company / La United Fruit Co / US Department of Justice / pro-US / /
Country
Guatemala / Honduras / Colombia / Belgium / El Salvador / United States / Panama / Costa Rica / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Diplomatic Relations / Legal Issues / /
IndustryTerm
nationalization law / transportation / transport infrastructure / communication networks / /
NaturalFeature
Cuyamel River / /
Organization
Eisenhower administration / Guatemalan government / US State Department / Árbenz’s government / US Department of Justice / Central Intelligence Agency / Action Party / Honduran government / /
Person
Minor C. Keith / Samuel Zemurray / Pablo Neruda / Castillo Armas / William Sydney Porter / Lorenzo D. Baker / Sam Banana / Manuel Bonilla / Jacobo Árbenz / /
PoliticalEvent
presidential election / Castillo Armas was sworn in as president / /
Position
Captain / president / model for US imperialism / head of state / entrepreneur / leader / the PAR won the presidential election / writer / minister of economy / Porter / founder / /
Region
Central America / Latin America / Caribbean / southeastern United States / /
Creating Banana Republics Introduction Written in a yearning voice, “La United Fruit Co,” a poem by Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, draws attention to US capitalist imperialism in Latin America. In this poem, Ne