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RestoreAmerica2020

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45. Thank you for this... Que triste..lagrimas para la Gente, today's refugees --we did that,
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 10:27 AM
Jul 2022

...yet we criminalize their pain,generations of abuse by dictators, govts supported by corporate imperialism. On her visit to Central American countries..Pres. Biden tasked V.P. Harris to travel to what is known the northern triangle to address the root of migration to U.S.,recall her addressing about U.S. roll responsibility for the migration of people out of these counties.

While Pablo Neruda wrote this poem in 1950, it's relevance to today's migration of pilligrenos out of these countries to U.S. is astounding. In CNN article Re:Harris travels central American countries asses how to combat,work with respective govts to stave off migration to U S. Article reminded me of the thousands of orphaned children that came to U.S., what have become of them? They are the lost children in America's memory of images of children clinging to the top of railroad cars heading El Norte to U.S. [note: provided link to Info on VP Harris/CNN article and excerpt and link to analysis of Neruda's poem.]

CNN/Harris Border/Central America Migration
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/15/politics/kamala-harris-border-migration/index.html&ved=2ahUKEwjPxqbs7qD5AhU8IkQIHa3VApEQFnoECAgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2t5OfPC4Takwnvyuyhjlqe


This essay is an analysis of “La United Fruit Co” (Pablo Neruda), also known as “United Fruit Company.” The poem was published in Spanish in 1950 and later interpreted into English. It is a reflection of the situation in the Latin American countries during the early and mid-20th century. That follows a wave of imperialism exercised by the international corporations established in the Middle American countries.

These include the Coca-Cola Company, the Anaconda Mining Company, Ford Motors, and the United Fruit Company. Bucheli argues that the latter was the American company that had established the most political and economic influence in the so-called “Banana Republics” (9).

That was a term coined by an American writer Henry, to refer to the backward Latin American countries, whose governments had been taken over by dictators, supported by the multinationals from the United States.

The multinationals had influenced the governments of these countries to the extent that the tyrant who ruled in those days. They also suppressed workers’ strikes using government bodies such as the military and the police in favor of the companies. The meaning of the “United Fruit Company” poem stands out as relevant during those times in several ways.



Analysis of La United Fruit Co by Pablo Nerudas; ivypanda.com
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://ivypanda.com/essays/pablo-nerudas-united-fruit-co/&ved=2ahUKEwju9L6-66D5AhUEI0QIHXmoCp0QFnoECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw32gQUCC4IdPA-FSZxviC-p








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THIS! FalloutShelter Jul 2022 #1
Yep! calimary Jul 2022 #38
"War is a Racket," Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC (Ret.) Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #2
That simple malaise Jul 2022 #4
All true PJMcK Jul 2022 #6
"Money trumps peace," pretzeldent George W Bush said. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #63
general butler, with 2 medals of honor rampartc Jul 2022 #11
A national hero malaise Jul 2022 #34
Yep, the American Liberty League, a bunch of corporate nazis. brush Jul 2022 #44
The Wall Street Putsch of 1933. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #64
The billionaires' boys club has learned to be stealthier since then. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #74
And how many of those business leaders went to prison for it? tclambert Jul 2022 #80
you would be very close to the truth. rampartc Jul 2022 #82
Good post. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #17
Thanks! Butler was an exceptional human being. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #67
Gen. Milley is an unsung hero from what I can tell. Thanks again. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #68
Thanks. Going to read. Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #22
Full text PDF... Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #23
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thanks for the quote NJCher Jul 2022 #43
They don't call it Capitalism's Invisible Army for nothing. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #71
The Brown Brothers mentioned in regard to Nicaragua wnylib Jul 2022 #54
And after he did all that, the plutoctats soldierant Jul 2022 #78
The only worse record for international interference is the Brits. Raster Jul 2022 #3
The Spanish and French aren't far behind malaise Jul 2022 #5
Russians have a bad history, too (n/t) PJMcK Jul 2022 #7
True malaise Jul 2022 #9
Couple that with a misbegotten "domino theory" and you get a real planetary problem. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #15
MIC must be fed malaise Jul 2022 #20
Their commonality? Susceptibility to propaganda, autosuggestion and self-hypnosis, I expect. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #25
Chile was a bad one. gab13by13 Jul 2022 #8
Yeah, Imagine a US president doing what Pinochet did? Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #24
Donnie, and a lot of Americans, just don't understand the US military.... paleotn Jul 2022 #30
Yeah, a Military Times poll Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #39
Inciting a riot to overturn a presidential election is the definition of a banana republic Walleye Jul 2022 #10
Hear Hear, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2022 #12
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'La United Fruit Company' by Pablo Neruda (translated) panader0 Jul 2022 #26
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Thank you for this... Que triste..lagrimas para la Gente, today's refugees --we did that, RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2022 #45
Since 1954 the US military has intervened over fifty times in Central America, sop Jul 2022 #65
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I think it's the other way around. If this was a... brush Jul 2022 #47
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Exactly. Martin68 Jul 2022 #42
Colonialism was and is evil malaise Jul 2022 #50
Until the colonizing power pulled out and left the mess they created behind. One of the most Martin68 Jul 2022 #51
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John Bolton Admits Planning Coups: 'Not Here But, You Know, Other Places' Hotler Jul 2022 #46
And I find it fascinating that people are willing to take him at his word. n/t malthaussen Jul 2022 #55
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Pellucid means 'clear'. NT. Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #59
Tell SCJ Stevens and others in the courts malaise Jul 2022 #60
Nonetheless, this "felititous redundancy" still rankles. EarnestPutz Jul 2022 #83
Which is why I always remembe my union man's use of malaise Jul 2022 #84
remembe? EarnestPutz Aug 2022 #85
ROFL malaise Aug 2022 #86
Our own country ymetca Jul 2022 #61
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If you put pellucidly in your title I won't read any of the other words (n/t) station agent Jul 2022 #66
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i pellucidly thank you. DaveDuhRave Jul 2022 #72
Well, after WWI, probably, yeah.. TeamProg Jul 2022 #73
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WWII was 1945, WWI that I mentioned, was 1914 FYI TeamProg Jul 2022 #76
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My god, this post rocks NewsCenter28 Jul 2022 #79
True Solly Mack Jul 2022 #81
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