Og this is the story of a fruit that changed the destiny of Central America and gave its name to republics it became the toy of support came the symbol of all thats wrong with american capitalism. This is a tale of economics and politics a story about globalization. This is the story of a fruit a simple frint the banana. Her. It all began in 1871 when the government in costa rica asked a certain 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. There were accidents scorpions malaria 4000 men died and just 40 kilometers of Railway Track were completed. And after a stock market crash those dried up. Costa rica could no longer pay its debts the railway remained on finished myna faced financial ruin. He didnt know then that fortune was right there at his feet in humid soil of the jungle in this simple fruit that fed his workers the banana. The. First the s