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@emstuff This is so huge and shocking that I can’t believe I never heard of it until now.
Ever heard the term banana republic? Guess where it comes from.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/banana-republic
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Didn’t the Chiquita stuff specifically happen much more recently?
https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/a2300ab48017dedbae0ecf63aba36d298848f7ca898db3b6ab76fda87d689866_1.jpg
They've been doing bad shit for something like a hundred years. Chiquita used to be called United Fruit.