Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.
In December 1910, the exiled former leader Manuel Bonilla boarded a borrowed yacht and set sail for Honduras in hopes of reclaiming power by whatever means necessary. Bonilla had a powerful backer: the notorious organization known throughout Latin America as El Pulpo. It was a U. S. corporation trafficking in, of all things, bananas. John Soluri investigates the United Fruit Company.
education: Gorillas are not actually as found of bananas as we commonly think. It has too much sugar and carbs for an animal who is used to to eat leafs and herbs and ferment them in the gut, is also not healthy for them. They actually prefer the peel over the pulp. Date: 2020-11-02
