The Fruit that Sparked a REVOLUTION
Guatemala, 1952. The United Fruit Company is basically running the Central American country. It's the largest landowner in the country, runs the railroads, the docks, the communication systems, and, most important, enjoys a monopoly on the country's banana trade.
It does, however, have one large problem. The democratically elected Government has decided to seize a large portion of its land, and redistribute it to local peasants. The Company decides not to take this lying down, and with a little help from its friends to the north, decides to overthrow the government.
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