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submitted 1 year ago by emstuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@emstuff This is so huge and shocking that I can’t believe I never heard of it until now.

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever heard the term banana republic? Guess where it comes from.

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn’t the Chiquita stuff specifically happen much more recently?

[–] emstuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They've been doing bad shit for something like a hundred years. Chiquita used to be called United Fruit.