The United Fruit Company was an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas), grown on Central and South American plantations, and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899, from the merger of Minor C. Keith's banana-trading concerns with Andrew W. Preston's Boston Fruit Company. It flourished in the early and mid-20th century, and it came to control vast territories and transportation networks in Central America, the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Ecuador, and the West Indies. Though it competed with the Standard Fruit Company (later Dole Food Company) for dominance in the international banana trade, it maintained a virtual monopoly in certain regions, some of which came to be called banana republics, such as Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala.
United Fruit had a deep and long-lasting impact on the economic and political development of several Latin American countries. Critics often accused it of exploitative neocolonialism, and described it as the archetypal example of the influence of a multinational corporation on the internal politics of the banana republics. After a period of financial decline, United Fruit was merged with Eli M. Black's AMK in 1970, to become the United Brands Company. In 1984, Carl Lindner, Jr. transformed United Brands into the present-day Chiquita Brands International.
And the fruit boats ride on the waves, And the crew will dream of returning Back to the florida waters, For the work of unloading onto the trains. And the ships will dance by the shore, With fruit from venezuela, brazil and costa rica, But the fruit from the island of cuba Is carried no more. And on the decks it will lay, Picked by the hands of the peons At the lowest possible wages, While the profits are made by the strangers From far away. Now some will pick the fruit of the vine While others will go to the mountain And eat the fruit of the hillside And learn the way of the rifle, Wait for the time. Allianza dollars are spent To raise the towering buildings For the weary bones of the workers So they will be strong in the morning To go back again. Oh the companies keep a sharp eye And pay their respects to the army To watch for the hot-blooded leaders And be prepared for the junta to Crush them like flies. So heavy the price that they pay As daily the fruit it is stolen Over the blue carribean But the lengthening shadow of cuba Will hinder the way.
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25 Jan 2025
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25 Jan 2025