American businessman Sam Zemurray was nicknamed after this crop and became president of a company that utilized the “Great White Fleet.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this crop that the United Fruit Company harvested in namesake “republics” across Latin America.
ANSWER: bananas [accept banana republic; accept “Sam the Banana Man”]
[10h] This democratically-elected president’s Decree 900 agrarian reforms gave unused UFC land to peasants, causing the company to lobby the US government to overthrow this Guatemalan leader in Operation PBSuccess (“P-B-success”).
ANSWER: Jacobo Árbenz (“HAH-koh-boh ARR-bens”) [or Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán]
[10m] In 1928, banana workers striking for rights at a UFC plantation in this country were killed by the government of Miguel Abadía Méndez. In 1997, Chiquita laborers were held hostage by FARC, a rebel group in this country that signed a 2016 peace deal.
ANSWER: Colombia [or Republic of Colombia]
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