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EPISODE · Jul 6, 2020 · 58 MIN

S4 Ep50: The Octopus (United Fruit Company)

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One of the largest and most recognizable banana companies in the world has an exploitative and bloody history in Central America. Prelude: An American banana company continues to use a pesticide in Central America after it is banned in the United States.

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