When someone mentions a “banana republic,” they’re referring ... a way to describe the experiences of many countries in Central America, whose economies and politics were dominated by ...

is that the people who are most likely to be offended by the term banana republic don’t feel like they have a voice. The concept originally referred to people in Central America, although it ...

Even though it seems to be happening against all odds, free trade pacts and policies in Latin America have made some small but important ... as El Salvador became the first Central American nation to ...

In the early days of banana growing in Central America, the grace of Nature likewise played a prominent part in the inception of what was to become a major industry. By the middle of the ...

Henry — in his 1904 book "Cabbages and Kings" to describe a fictional country in Central America called Anchuria. As economically impoverished and politically unstable nations ruled by corrupt regimes ...

It was a time when the United States backed some of the most brutal authoritarian regimes in Latin America ... Trump wants us to become one of those banana republics. Over the weekend, Trump ...

In 2020 I wrote "Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink." This is the brink I feared. Are we to remain a constitutional republic, or are we destined to become a banana republic?

But these are not banana-exporting countries ... have established suppliers in Central and South America (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic), and neither experience major ...

"BANANA republics" refer to politically unstable ... Henry — in his 1904 book "Cabbages and Kings" to describe a fictional country in Central America called Anchuria. As economically ...