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Cold Call (Harvard Business School)20 minJuly 2, 2019
The Controversial History of United Fruit
Hosted by Brian Kenny / Harvard Business Review
Episode Summary
Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones discusses the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. (now Chiquita Brands International). Jones examines the impact and role of the company in the Guatemalan economy.
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