The Controversial History of United Fruit
- Author
- HBR Presents / Brian Kenny ([email protected])
- Published
- Tue 02 Jul 2019
- Episode Link
- https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/07/the-controversial-history-of-united-fruit
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.
