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rflrob | 1 year ago

Also the Guatemalan coup that was heavily lobbied for by the United Fruit Company.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%2527%...

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slantedview|1 year ago

"The United Fruit Company (UFC), whose highly profitable business had been affected by the softening of exploitative labor practices in Guatemala, engaged in an influential lobbying campaign to persuade the U.S. to overthrow the Guatemalan government."

It's amazing how decades later, they heirs of United Fruit Company are still using violence as a tool for increasing profit. This is what happens when individuals are not criminally prosecuted for bad conduct. I'm sure it will happen again.

lazide|1 year ago

Who prosecutes, when the ones who have jurisdiction are the ones overthrowing gov’ts for ‘the bad guys’?