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United Fruit Company

Short Writing and Research Assignment: Part 2

Second Source: Guatemala and the United Fruit Company: Office of the Historian – United States Department of State. “Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954, Guatemala.” September 11, 1953. This public document, redacted by the United States Department of State in 1953, outlines in great detail the sentiment towards Guatemala and the Arbenz government taken […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with cia, Foreign Policy, Guatemala, Intervention, United Fruit Company, United States, Warfare

Short Writing and Research Assignment: Part 2

Second Source: Guatemala and the United Fruit Company: Office of the Historian – United States Department of State. “Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954, Guatemala.” September 11, 1953. This public document, redacted by the United States Department of State in 1953, outlines in great detail the sentiment towards Guatemala and the Arbenz government taken […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with cia, Foreign Policy, Guatemala, Intervention, United Fruit Company, United States, Warfare

Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

I was aware of the extent of American influence over Latin American countries (especially in Central America and northern South America) but never really thought about the collaboration that existed to develop vaccines and treatment of tropical diseases. I found American and Latin American scientific collaboration really interesting particularly because the vaccines they developed were […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with American Intervention, Collaboration, Imperialism, United Fruit Company

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