The United Fruit Company's main rival in fruit producing was the country of Guatemala. To eliminate them, United lied to the US government, saying Guatemala's government was Pro-Soviet. The US staged a coup that resulted in the 36-year long Guatemalan civil war i.imgur.com Submitted by chaos on September 19, 2017 at 11:54 AM in History 6 comments 17
AlexanderReidRoss wrote on September 19, 2017 at 12:39 PM The next time a liberal insists the US isn't imperialist, I'm shoving a banana in their eye. Permalink 4
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