In 1912 the Cayumel Banana company, a U.S. corporation, orchestrated the military invasion of Honduras in order to obtain hundreds of thousands of acres of Honduran land, and tax-free export of its entire banana crop.
The Cayumel Banana company orchestrated the military invasion of Honduras. This was in 1912. This was to obtain hundreds of thousands of acres of Honduran land, and tax-free export of its entire banana crop. The Cayumel Banana company was a U.S. corporation.