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Banana Wars: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Banana Wars
Monroe DoctrineOn the 2nd of December 1823, President James Monroe stood before Congress to deliver his seventh annual State of the Union Address.
United Fruit CompanyIn 1899, a merger in Boston created the United Fruit Company. The deal combined Minor C. Keith's Central American railroads with Lorenzo Dow Baker's…