" THE STORY OF BANANAS " 1947 CENTRAL AMERICAN FRUIT CULTIVATION DOCUMENTARY GG44895

[@TheWizardGamez]

we overthowing a tropical country with this one!

[@Doodlesthegreat]

From United Fruit Company, the people who literally gave us banana republics.

[@talon262]

Between United Fruit (renamed as Chiquita Brands International in the mid-80s, no doubt to paper over its bloody history) and Dole, oceans of blood have been spilled and great suffering to the local populations has been afflicted over those little yellow fruits the world loves and cannot get enough of for more than a century; even as recently as twenty years ago, Chiquita still uses force, if now indirectly, to cow the locals into staying in line by aiding and abetting terrorists: "In March 2007 Chiquita Brands pleaded guilty in a United States Federal court to aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, when it admitted to the payment of more than $1.7 million to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a group that the United States has labeled a terrorist organization since 2001. Under a plea agreement, Chiquita Brands agreed to pay $25 million in restitution and damages to the families of victims of the AUC. The AUC had been paid to protect the company's interest in the region.[59] In addition to monetary payments, Chiquita has also been accused of smuggling weapons (3,000 AK-47s) to the AUC and in assisting the AUC in smuggling drugs to Europe.[60] Chiquita Brands admitted that they paid AUC operatives to silence union organizers and intimidate farmers into selling only to Chiquita. In the plea agreement, the Colombian government let Chiquita Brands keep the names of U.S. Citizens who brokered this agreement with the AUC secret, in exchange for relief to 390 families. Despite calls from Colombian authorities and human rights organizations to extradite the U.S. citizens responsible for war crimes and aiding a terrorist organization, the U.S. Department of Justice has refused to grant the request, citing 'conflicts of law'. As with other high-profile cases involving wrongdoing by American companies abroad, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Justice are very careful to hand over any American citizen to be tried under another country's legal system, so for the time being Chiquita Brands International avoided a catastrophic scandal, and instead walked away with a humiliating defeat in court and eight of its employees fired.[61]"

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

Yes, but they also gave suburban America delicious bananas with a pleasing color at a reasonable price n all seasons. So there's that.

[@JP-xh4fq]

And the human life wasted to do it was not any concern at all.

[@TheJohn_Highway]

Based

[@roberttudor455]

Ive worked on banana farms ... its soooo different now .... mechanisation has made it sooo much easier , although still tough work ... and the process is still roughly the same ...

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice documentary.

[@RandallLeighton]

Funny how this film doesn't mention the US Army being sent down here to ensure the people complied. Also, the bananas were brought to Central America by the Spanish. Bananas are native to Asia. And, I love how dismissive they were about cutting down those giant, beautiful tropical trees.

[@PunaSquirrel]

Beautiful bunch o' ripe banana- Hide da deadly Black Tarantula🤙🏼

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

Banana splits. Banana milkshake. Banana chips. Banana daiquiri. Banana cream pie. Banana chewing gum. Banana clips. Bananas eaten alone or bananas eaten in cereal. Bananas eaten in yogurt or bananas with peanut butter. Booking passage on a banana boat. Bananas eating entire republics. Bananas are vital no matter how you slice it.

[@edmonddupris8422]

Smedley Butler worked for these people.

[@ssanford]

Do you think they did an environmental impact study before they started work?😂

[@larkatmic]

@ 14:45 Dude! Get off your phone and start loading 😂

[@nareshkumar4207]

confession of a tropical satan

[@Kitty_Paws_Cosplay]

Kagamine Len Loves Bananas

[@goglowdaddy1686]

At 7:04, I noticed someone that I had never met.

[@cato451]

Yes, this is the Disney version. The reality is National Fruit created decades long instability in the region all aided by Uncle Sam. Tell the real story.

[@laserbeam002]

And I personally don't care

[@cato451]

@ ok by me but those bananas cost you trillions.

[@davidcovington901]

What about at least one paragraph from you? Because I don't see the trillions you refer to.

[@BeingRomans829ed]

Although I will never taste one, I'll bet tree ripened bananas are heavenly.

[@roberttudor455]

@@BeingRomans829ed they are :)

[@billtisch3698]

I thought this was going to be a movie review.

[@chalmerbasham695]

I thought this was about the 1971 Woody Allen movie....My bad! 🍌🍌

[@JSTRM4N]

I'm gointa eats me a banana while watchin

[@Fernando-vb9ti]

I go Bananas over Bananas Delicious with a glass of cold chocolate milk 😊

[@timc7037]

Day O

[@ChangDaniel-x9f]

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