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Title: History Of The Day - The Banana Massacre (1928)
Post by: TFD on Dec 06, 2013, 07:31 AM
In December 1928, after a month-long strike to secure better working conditions, United Fruit Company workers from the Colombian town of Ciénaga gathered with their families in the town square to hear a scheduled gubernatorial address. Instead of words they were met with bullets fired by government troops. An unknown number died that day. The government took such decisive—and deadly—action to end the strike partly out of fear that US interests in the United Fruit Company would lead to what? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst49282_The-Banana-Massacre--1928-.aspx)