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18131: Harvey: Re: 18116: Severe: United Fruit Company Query (fwd)

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Subject: 18131: Harvey: Re: 18116: Severe: United Fruit Company Query (fwd)
From: Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:28:07 -0600 (CST)
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From: Sean Harvey <seanharvey@juno.com>


>Does anyone know if the United Fruit Co. was ever active in Haiti?

I know that United Fruit had a huge complex right on the border on the Dominican side at Manzanillo on the northern coast. You can still see the ruins of their complex in the town. And that's right on the river. They were pulling in bananas from plantations along the northern border.

Sean

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