What are some examples of how has the banana industry affected history politically?
In 1929, at the behest of the banana companies, an estimated 1,000 striking banana workers and their families were massacred by Colombian troops. The political instability that followed still plagues the South American nation today, and is partly responsible for the rampant terrorism and drug-related crime that makes Colombia such a dangerous place. Similar interventions, with similar – though less dramatic – consequences, occurred in Honduras, Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and other countries in Central and South America between 1900 and the 1970s. What is some of the folklore or mythology surrounding the banana? The banana is a plant that has been revered for over 5,000 years. There s a lot of evidence that the original Hebrew versions of the bible considered the fruit to be the one that tempted Adam and Eve in Eden. In Africa, where millions of people, even today, rely on the fruit as their main source of nutrition, bananas are said to be a gift from a god called Kintu; each banana
