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United Fruit Company

SOURCE: The Nation
12/7/2021

When the United Fruit Company Wanted to Buy Guatemala

by Olúfémi O. Táíwò

The United Fruit Company secured the overthrow of Guatemala's government after it refused to pay what amounted to a ransom of more than $200 million in today's dollars.

SOURCE: Council on Foreign Relations
10/3/2021

A Timeline of US-Colombia Relations Shows Influence of Cold War, War on Drugs

Over the two centuries since Colombia’s independence, the relationship between Washington and Bogota has evolved into a close economic and security partnership. But it has at times been strained by U.S. intervention, Cold War geopolitics, and the war on drugs.