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by arcticbull 1977 days ago
Maybe you'd like to read more about Operation PBSuccess - they sure didn't call it that because it failed. [1] The US (specifically the CIA) replaced a democratically elected "socialist" in Guatemala with a right-wing authoritarian military dictator at the request of what is now the Chiquita fruit company. This of course kick-started a civil war that lasted 36 years.

On the plus side, it gave us "Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas" [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtAKHnqkf4&t=120s