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Episode 13: Colombian Bananas

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Caro, J.E.E., & Vidal Ortega, A. (2012). The worker's massacre of 1928 in the Magdalena Zona Bananera - Colombia: An unfinished story. Memorias, 9(18), pp. 22-54. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262504044_The_worker%27s_massacre_of_1928_in_the_Magdalena_Zona_Bananera_-_Colombia_An_unfinished_storyDwyer, K. (2025). The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story. The Collector. https://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/Gómez. G., I. (2024). The Human Cost of your Breakfast Banana. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/chiquita-banana-killings-colombia-auc.htmlGoodman, A. & González, J. (2024). Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads. Democracy Now!. https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/12/chiquita_funding_death_squads_in_colombiaHarvard Political Review. (2015). One Hundred Years of Remembrance. https://harvardpolitics.com/one-hundred-years-remembrance/Ramirez Cabal, M. (2023). The Dark Side of Bananas: Imperialism, Non-State Actors, and Power. Harvard International Review. https://hir.harvard.edu/the-dark-side-of-bananas-imperialism-non-state-actors-and-power/Taylor, L. (2024). US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/11/chiquita-banana-deaths-lawsuit-colombiaVaughan, D. (n.d.). Banana Massacre. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Banana-MassacreVisualizing the Americas. (n.d.) Colombia: A Photograph We Were Not Supposed to See. University of Toronto Mississauga. https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/1928-massacre-1Werner, J. (2024). The Deep Roots of the Chiquita Verdict. Time. https://time.com/6989104/chiquita-colombia-lawsuit/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Caro, J.E.E., & Vidal Ortega, A. (2012). The worker's massacre of 1928 in the Magdalena Zona Bananera - Colombia: An unfinished story. Memorias, 9(18), pp. 22-54. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262504044_The_worker%27s_massacre_of_1928_in_the_Magdalena_Zona_Bananera_-_Colombia_An_unfinished_storyDwyer, K. (2025). The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story. The Collector. https://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/Gómez. G., I. (2024). The Human Cost of your Breakfast Banana. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/chiquita-banana-killings-colombia-auc.htmlGoodman, A. & González, J. (2024). Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads. Democracy Now!. https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/12/chiquita_funding_death_squads_in_colombiaHarvard Political Review. (2015). One Hundred Years of Remembrance. https://harvardpolitics.com/one-hundred-years-remembrance/Ramirez Cabal, M. (2023). The Dark Side of Bananas: Imperialism, Non-State Actors, and Power. Harvard International Review. https://hir.harvard.edu/the-dark-side-of-bananas-imperialism-non-state-actors-and-power/Taylor, L. (2024). US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/11/chiquita-banana-deaths-lawsuit-colombiaVaughan, D. (n.d.). Banana Massacre. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Banana-MassacreVisualizing the Americas. (n.d.) Colombia: A Photograph We Were Not Supposed to See. University of Toronto Mississauga. https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/1928-massacre-1Werner, J. (2024). The Deep Roots of the Chiquita Verdict. Time. https://time.com/6989104/chiquita-colombia-lawsuit/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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