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  2. Banana republic - Wikipedia

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    The political instability consequent to the coup d'état stalled the Honduran economy, and the unpayable external debt (c. US$4 billion) of Honduras was excluded from access to international investment capital. That financial deficit perpetuated Honduran economic stagnation and perpetuated the image of Honduras as a banana republic. [16]

  3. United States involvement in regime change in Latin America

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    As a result, the U.S. Government intervened more directly in Nicaraguan affairs in two separate but related incidents in 1911 and 1912, with the objective of ensuring the rule of a government friendly to U.S. political and commercial interests and preserving political stability in Central America.

  4. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    In American literature, the term banana republic originally denoted the fictional Republic of Anchuria, a servile dictatorship that abetted, or supported for kickbacks, the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture, especially banana cultivation. [33] In U.S. politics, the term banana republic is a pejorative political descriptor ...

  5. Banana Republicans - Wikipedia

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    Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One-Party State is a book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber of the Center for Media and Democracy. [1] It was published in 2004.

  6. Banana republics - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

  7. List of ideological symbols - Wikipedia

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    Prince's Flag – Dutch patriotism, Greater Netherlands movement, Nostalgia for the Dutch Republic, Pan-Netherlands politics, Far-right politics in Holland; Rainbow flag (LGBT) – LGBT pride, LGBT rights, LGBT movements; Red flag – Socialism, Communism, Marxism, Labour movement, Left-wing politics, Anarchism

  8. Banana Wars - Wikipedia

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    Honduras: Where the United Fruit Company and Standard Fruit Company dominated the country's key banana export sector and associated land holdings and railways, saw insertion of American troops in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924, and 1925. [14] The writer O. Henry coined the term "banana republic" in 1904 to describe Honduras. [15]

  9. List of fictional countries set on Earth - Wikipedia

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    A fictional pro-Western dictatorship used for the US and NATO exercises. The Islamic Republic of Ariana lies to the south. The country has two official names, The Great and Liberated People's Free Republic of Atropia and Associated States of Greatness (shortened for your reading pleasure), and The People's Free and Liberated Republic of True ...