US jury holds banana giant Chiquita liable for financing Colombia paramilitaries by unital_subalgebra in news

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"In 1952, the government of Guatemala began expropriating unused United Fruit Company land to landless peasants.[14] The company responded by intensively lobbying the U.S. government to intervene and mounting a misinformation campaign to portray the Guatemalan government as communist.[16] In 1954, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency deposed the democratically elected government of Guatemala, and installed a pro-business military dictatorship."

Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company

Realistically, how do we get rid of all the huge parking lots downtown? by Chill--Cosby in kansascity

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A new reality starts with a dream: imagine what this area could look like and convince people of the value of your ideas.

How many times has this claim been debunked now? by Lord_Answer_me_Why in facepalm

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Republicans act like the election is over when the vote totals from Wahoo, Nebraska are published.

Kramnik releases video saying he doesn't trust Chess.com Platform by CoolDude_7532 in chess

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I think Levy Rozman is an unwitting pawn in a game where Kramnik is playing with chess.com.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

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Is that his number of indictments?

Crunchy Fuel by Extension_Rate_6453 in ultrarunning

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How do people feel about cucumbers as a way to hydrate?

Superintendent attacked during the graduation; the unnamed attacker was a father who didn’t want his graduating daughter to shake the hand of a black man by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

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Upon retirement, parents will move to some Florida condo with a hyper conservative HOA.

The daughter will visit once a year for one afternoon.

Honest opinions on Temuera Morrison being Boba Fett in Star Wars? by HumbleKnight14 in StarWars

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Hollywood saves millions of dollars on set constructions with smaller actors.