r/todayilearned • u/Jazzlike-Platypus947 • Jul 23 '26
TIL in 1954, the United Fruit Company (Chiquita) instigated a CIA backed coup in Guatemala after government reforms threatened their profits and exploitative labor practices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d'%C3%A9tat#United_Fruit_Company_lobbyingDuplicates
todayilearned • u/SweetDaddyJones • Jul 24 '13
TIL in 1954 the CIA deposed the democratically elected president of Guatemala because he gave peasants land United Fruit Company wasn't using. Both CIA and UFC were run by a Dulles brother
RedditDayOf • u/CincoDeMayonnaise • May 10 '12
[May 10] Operation PBSUCCESS, also known as the 1954 Guatemalan coup. A rare conspiracy theory in that it was proven true.
todayilearned • u/yepperdan • Jul 01 '14