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Yeah, I definitely think that people in the US needs to learn that the US has been involved in pretty much all brutal regime changes throughout Latin America ht

by throw2010060733 6y ago

Yeah, I definitely think that people in the US needs to learn that the US has been involved in pretty much all brutal regime changes throughout Latin America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... and reading the grayzone https://thegrayzone.com/ https://thegrayzone.com/ this is definitely still going on today.

arcticbull 6y ago
The United Fruit Company was a particularly egregious example, too. They had the CIA kick off a 45 year long civil war in Guatemala, deposing a democratically elected government by way of a violet coup and replacing them with a pro-American right-wing dictatorship. The CIA called it "Operation PBSuccess." [1] And they didn't call it that because it failed! The CIA produced some spectacular propaganda footage including this gem called "Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas" [2] United Fruit also massacred a bunch of striking workers in 1928 in Colombia. Well, they paid the Colombian Army to do the leg work. This episode was named the Banana Massacre. [3] I do believe their CEO Eli Black gave notice by means of walking out of the 44th floor window of his office in the Pan Am building in New York. [4] His replacement was quoted as saying "it's important that I don't get too knowledgable about the past." Seems like a smart dude. So that's Chiquita Bananas for ya. Just wait till you learn what Dole got up to in South America. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtAKHnqkf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtAKHnqkf4 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_M._Black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_M._Black

arcticbull 6y ago

The United Fruit Company was a particularly egregious example, too. They had the CIA kick off a 45 year long civil war in Guatemala, deposing a democratically elected government by way of a violet coup and replacing them with a pro-American right-wing dictatorship. The CIA called it "Operation PBSuccess." [1] And they didn't call it that because it failed! The CIA produced some spectacular propaganda footage including this gem called "Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas" [2] United Fruit also massacred a bunch of striking workers in 1928 in Colombia. Well, they paid the Colombian Army to do the leg work. This episode was named the Banana Massacre. [3] I do believe their CEO Eli Black gave notice by means of walking out of the 44th floor window of his office in the Pan Am building in New York. [4] His replacement was quoted as saying "it's important that I don't get too knowledgable about the past." Seems like a smart dude. So that's Chiquita Bananas for ya. Just wait till you learn what Dole got up to in South America. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtAKHnqkf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtAKHnqkf4 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_M._Black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_M._Black