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Fun Fact; In 1911, when civil war broke out in Honduras, Sam Zemurray, an American businessman with many interests in Honduras, appealed to the US government to protect his businessess. He even paid for part of the US Naval expedition that was sent. President Manuel Bonilla, who was deposed in the civil war, was restored with American assistance. He then rewarded Zemurray with large holdings of land for his booming bananna business, which eventually became the huge United Fruit Company. Only long after was it learned that Zemurray was the one who financed the war that deposed Bonilla in the first place.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:00:01 +0000

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