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Tag: guatemala

Corruption: NOT Business as Usual in Latin America

February 6, 2017 Colin

A look at the major shift in attitudes toward public corruption in Latin America.

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Banana Gringo Runs Central America

October 22, 2012 Colin

Summary and review of The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen.

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Guatemala and United Fruit: US Policy Blunder

September 1, 2010 Colin

SUMMARY: Overview taken from Michael Reid’s Forgotten Continent on the US toppling of Guatemala’s elected government in 1954.

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