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In this shorthand, a banana republic is any corrupt government or political unrest, but the term specifically conjures images of Latin American countries such as Honduras, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
Cover of Cabbages and Kings (1904 edition). In the 20th century, American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910) coined the term banana republic to describe the fictional Republic of Anchuria in the book Cabbages and Kings (1904), [1] a collection of thematically related short stories inspired by his experiences in Honduras, whose economy was heavily dependent on the export of ...
According to a book review by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton of Larry Tye's biography of Bernays, The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays & The Birth of PR, "the term 'banana republic' actually originated in reference to United Fruit's domination of corrupt governments in Guatemala and other Central American countries." [5]
Curaguay: a generic Latin American banana republic seen in the episodes 26 and 27 of the season 2, and in the episode 5 of the season 3, of the TV series Hunter; Curuguay: a generic Latin American banana republic seen in The A-Team. A similar country of the same name is mentioned in the first episode of season 2 of the TV series The Equalizer
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Guatemala was among the Central American countries of the period known as a banana republic. [9] [10] From 1890 to 1920, control of Guatemala's resources and its economy shifted away from Britain and Germany to the U.S., which became Guatemala's dominant trade partner. [8]
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