. it all began in 1871 when the government in costa rica asked assassin minor cooper keith from new york to build a railway. it was to link the caribbean coast to the hype not change through the jungle. but nothing went as planned. the jungle was merciless. that one accident scorpions malaria 4000 men died and just 40 kilometers of railway track were completed. and after a stock market crash their own dried up. costa rica
anyone who managed to transport it quickly enough before it could write on and wrought could turn it into gold. miner recognize that very soon he was exporting bananas and he was saved from bankruptcy. he struck an agreement with the government in costa rica he would finish work on the railway in return he asked for the right to use the line and receive ownership of large plots of land. land to grow bananas. trains for transporting them quickly and cheaply. the foundation of his fortune. in 899 mine i entered a partnership with 2 men from boston he had the plantations and railways his
but although the company controlled every moment in its employees lives to months started to be made for a 6 day week and an 8 hour working day unemployment benefits and salaries paid in cash. on rest was spreading in banana land. in october 1928 workers at the sons of mansour plantation in colombia went on strike. after negotiations failed workers occupied company buildings on the plantation. look along b. and government sent in the army over a 1000 people died. the suppression of the sun tomato strikes became known as the banana massacre an important historical event for colombia and central america the symbol of state submission with use of its public forces in the interests of a foreign company
thirds of the country s agricultural land was the united fruit company. president of pens issued a decree to confiscate hundreds of thousands of hectares of land kept in reserve by the company. the indemnities were based on the company s low tax declarations which never revealed its real profits. never before had united fruit been challenged in this way. as a young man samuels a murray had overturned a troublesome government this time with no mercenaries at hand he once again turned to his p.r. genius edward bernays and told him to deal with outer bands. nasals again to employ his talents of creating his own form of reality.
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