Banana Wars

There were wars when man was uncivilized. There were wars when man called himself a civilized animal. There were wars for Woman, Gold and Land. The reason can be trivial for a war. So why cannot there be a war for Banana, the unfortunate fruit in the hands of man. Yes, we have had banana wars. Perhaps war is a part of man’s psychology. It is interesting.

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Profit is a dangerous motivation for any adventure, even for a war. Bananas were brought and sold at 1000% profit. War is a minor thing in the face of such huge profit. This is how market works. In the operation of the multinational companies governments were toppled. When foreign enterprises push the local government around to suit their interest, then that local government is called ‘Banana Republic’.

European Union was importing bananas from its former colonies Africa and the Caribbean countries at the expense of Latin America. The powerful US multinationals dominate the South American banana market. Hence America was annoyed by the tariffs to protect the small growers of banana in Africa and the Caribbean countries. President Bill Clinton’s administration took banana wars to the W.T.O (World Trade Organisation).

By the end of the nineteenth century the Americans were sick of growing fruits in their chilly country. Giants such as the United Fruit Company moved to South America. Another US multinational company supplied the weapons for a coup against the government of Honduras. America’s CIA backed a coup against the government of Guatemala, which had threatened the interests of the multinational companies. Hence the real meaning of ‘Banana republic’ a country in which foreign enterprises pushed the local government around.

The banana proved very popular with the Americans as a nutritious tropical fruit that was less expensive than the fruit apple grown locally. Bananas have typically stratified social class, the largely impoverished working class. The united Fruit Company whose nickname was ‘The Octopus’ had come to pervade their society and controlled their transport infrastructure and manipulated national politics.

We are living in a time where market controls our lives all for a big …..

‘PROFIT’.

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