Banana's And Republics

How did United Fruit Company - now known as "Chiquita" - turn into a multinational empire that could downgrade Central American nations to easily manipulated "banana republics" and destroy millions of hectares with monocultures? Using the banana as an example, this documentary shows how globalized capitalism actually works. The documentary ‘On Bananas and Republics’ uses rare archival images, many unpublished, to illustrate the history of the United Fruit Company. Founded in the 19th century, the company held the monopoly over the world banana trade for almost a hundred years.