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    The United Fruit Company gained control over much of Central America in the early 20th century. They renamed the countries under their control "Banana Republics" and established authoritarian regimes led by brutal dictators. The dictators ruled in the interests of the United Fruit Company and other foreign corporations, oppressing the local people and treating them as disposable commodities. Indigenous people suffered and died as the Fruit Company prioritized amassing wealth over human lives.

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    The United Fruit Company gained control over much of Central America in the early 20th century. They renamed the countries under their control "Banana Republics" and established authoritarian regimes led by brutal dictators. The dictators ruled in the interests of the United Fruit Company and other foreign corporations, oppressing the local people and treating them as disposable commodities. Indigenous people suffered and died as the Fruit Company prioritized amassing wealth over human lives.

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    The United Fruit Company The United Fruit Company: Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda

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    The United Fruit Company gained control over much of Central America in the early 20th century. They renamed the countries under their control "Banana Republics" and established authoritarian regimes led by brutal dictators. The dictators ruled in the interests of the United Fruit Company and other foreign corporations, oppressing the local people and treating them as disposable commodities. Indigenous people suffered and died as the Fruit Company prioritized amassing wealth over human lives.

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    The United Fruit Company The United Fruit Company

    Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda

    When the trumpet sounded When the trumpet sounded


    everything was prepared on earth, everything was prepared on earth,
    And Jehovah gave the world And Jehovah gave the world
    to Coca-Cola Inc., Anaconda, to Coca-Cola Inc., Anaconda,
    Ford Motors, and other corporations. Ford Motors, and other corporations.
    The United Fruit Company The United Fruit Company
    reserved for itself the most juicy reserved for itself the most juicy
    piece, the central coast of my world, piece, the central coast of my world,
    the delicate waist of America. the delicate waist of America.

    It rebaptized these countries It rebaptized these countries


    Banana Republics, Banana Republics,
    and over the sleeping dead, and over the sleeping dead,
    over the unquiet heroes over the unquiet heroes
    who won greatness, who won greatness,
    liberty, and banners, liberty, and banners,
    it established an opera buffa: it established an opera buffa:
    it abolished free will, it abolished free will,
    gave out imperial crowns, encouraged envy gave out imperial crowns, encouraged envy
    attracted attracted
    the dictatorship of flies: the dictatorship of flies:
    Trujillo flies, Tachos flies Trujillo flies, Tachos flies
    Carias flies, Martinez flies, Carias flies, Martinez flies,
    Ubico flies, flies sticky with Ubico flies, flies sticky with
    submissive blood and marmalade, submissive blood and marmalade,
    drunken flies that buzz over drunken flies that buzz over
    the tombs of the people, the tombs of the people,
    circus flies, wise flies circus flies, wise flies
    expert at tyranny expert at tyranny

    With the bloodthirsty flies With the bloodthirsty flies


    came the Fruit Company, came the Fruit Company,
    amassed coffee and fruit amassed coffee and fruit
    in ships which put to sea like in ships which put to sea like
    overloaded trays with the treasures overloaded trays with the treasures
    from our sunken lands. from our sunken lands.

    Meanwhile, the Indians fall Meanwhile, the Indians fall


    into the sugared depths of the harbors into the sugared depths of the harbors
    and are buried in the morning mists; and are buried in the morning mists;
    a corpse rolls, a thing without a corpse rolls, a thing without
    name, a discarded number, name, a discarded number,
    a bunch of rotten fruit a bunch of rotten fruit
    thrown on the garbage heap. thrown on the garbage heap.

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