anyone who managed to transport it quickly enough before it got ripe and wrought could turn it into gold. miner recognize that very soon he was exporting bananas and he was saved from bankruptcy. he struck an agreement with the government in costa rica he would finish work on the railway in return he asked for the right to use the line and receive ownership of large plots of land. land to grow bananas. trains for transporting them quickly and cheaply. the foundation of his fortune. in 899 mine i entered a partnership with 2 men from boston he had the plantations and railways his
country s agricultural land was the united fruit company. president of ben s issued a decree to confiscate hundreds of thousands of hectares of land kept in reserve by the company. the indemnities were based on the company s low tax declarations which never revealed its real profits. never before had united fruit been challenged in this way. as a young man samuels a murray had overturned a troublesome government this time with no mercenaries at hand he once again turned to his p.r. genius edward bernays and told him to deal with out of 10. days once again to employ his talents of creating his own form of reality.
started to be made for a 6 day week and an 8 hour working day unemployment benefits and salaries paid in cash. on rest was spreading and banana land. in october 1928 was the son time mobster plantation in colombia went on strike. after negotiations failed workers occupied company buildings on the plantation. the colombian government sent in the army over a 1000 people died. the suppression of the santa marta strike became known as the banana massacre an important historical event for colombia and central america the symbol of state submission with use of its public forces in the interests of a foreign company i
america they fear the example of guatemala could spread to other nations. to becoming president with support from the united states custody or out of mass cancelled the measures taken by the outer bands government. land reform was abandoned land was returned to united fruit. but neither stability nor security for life. after the coup one tomorrow was thrown into a civil war that continued until 1996. it left more than 100000 dead a 1000000 displaced and tens of thousands missing. the maya indians were among the victims there was talk of genocide.
he set about making the protection of united fruits private interests in guatemala an issue for the u.s. government thanks to. edward bernays was to create a fiction for 950 s. america submerged in the cold war. was out of acapulco talking about. the total out of band this was a social democrat nationalist and reforma. but nays depicted him as a communist true to moscow a face of the red peril which threatened america and the free world. but may s hoped to win over public opinion. he opened a central american information bureau organized press visit and suggested articles to befriended publishers.