Inside #OperationPBSuccess, When The #CIA And A #BananaCompany Destroyed #Guatemalan #Democracy
By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By Jaclyn Anglis
Published April 5, 2021
Updated November 9, 2023
"In 1954, Operation PBSuccess dismantled Guatemala’s newfound democracy — so that an American fruit company could continue to profit off the old government’s #corruption.
"Throughout the early 20th century, an American multinational corporation called the United Fruit Company — now known as #ChiquitaBrands International — controlled vast swaths of Guatemalan land and production. Aided by a corrupt #autocracy, it received little pushback over decades of economic #exploitation.
"But in the 1940s, a democratic #revolution and calls for #justice threatened to undermine United Fruit’s position. So the company leveraged its powerful connections inside the #WhiteHouse — painting the new Guatemalan government as a dangerous #Communist administration in the process.
"As a result, the CIA launched Operation PBSuccess: a sweeping coup that destroyed the country’s democracy, installed a dictator, and sparked a decades-long #CivilWar and genocide of the #Indigenous #Mayan people.
Read more:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-pbsuccess
#UnitedFruitCompany #IndigenousPeople #Genocide
#Guatemala #USBackedCoups
#CIA #History #RedScare #CorporateColonialism #ChiquitaBananas #Chiquita
Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)