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Bookmark or Share- Banana Massacre - WikipediaThe Banana Massacre (Spanish: Matanza/Masacre de las bananeras) was a massacre of workers of the United Fruit Company, now Chiquita, that occurred between December 5 and 6, 1928, in the town of Ciénaga near Santa Marta, Colombia.
- The Dark Side of Bananas: Imperialism, Non-State Actors, and PowerThe Banana Massacre: Myth or Reality? The abysmal working conditions and abusive nature of the United Fruit Company enticed some workers in Ciénaga, Colombia to organize an official strike. In 1928, they formed the Unión Sindical de Trabajadores del Magdalena (USTM), through which they asked for weekly (rather than biweekly) payments.
- 1928 massacre - Visualizing the AmericasIn 1928, the Colombian army opened fire on hundreds of banana workers who were on strike for better conditions, killing an untold number. This article uses an image wrested from corporate archives to imagine others that we don’t get to see.
- Banana Wars - WikipediaThe Banana Wars were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish–American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934.
- The Untold History Of The Banana Massacre - GrungeChiquita Brands, formerly the United Fruit Company, has an incredibly sordid history. Its involvement in the 1928 Banana Massacre is essentially unknown.
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