The story of United Fruit Company

U.S. fruit company with large land holdings in Guatemala; later part of United Brands, whose Chiquita brand carries the name on.

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United Fruit Company. U.S. fruit company with large land holdings in Guatemala; later part of United Brands, whose Chiquita brand carries the name on.

1955

Walter Bedell Smith, board member of the United Fruit Company.

1958

The United Fruit Company settled with the U.S. Department of Justice. Consent decree divesting its holdings in railroads and marketing operations.

The United Fruit Company, involved in Guatemala’s agrarian reform, 1952, the 1954 coup in Guatemala and The U.S. antitrust action against United Fruit.

The United Fruit Company, people who worked here: Thomas G. Corcoran.

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