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The banana companies continued to expand, the government's budgetary situation improved, and there was even an increase in labor organizing.
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banana and companies
Bonilla proved to be an even greater friend of the banana companies than Sierra had been.
Revolutionary intrigues also continued throughout the period, accompanied by constant rumors that one faction or another was being supported by one of the banana companies.
Liberal concessions allowed U. S. based concerns to enter the Honduran market, first as shipping companies, and then as railroad and banana producing enterprises.
Through these two railroad companies, United Fruit dominated the banana trade in Honduras.
By 1912, three companies dominated the banana trade in Honduras: Samuel Zemurray's Cuyamel Fruit Company, Vaccaro Brothers and Company and the United Fruit Company ; all of which tended to be vertically integrated, owning their own lands and railroad companies and ship lines such as United's " Great White Fleet ".
Thousands of workers were laid off, and the wages of those remaining on the job were reduced, as were the prices paid to independent banana producers by the giant fruit companies.
He gained the support of the banana companies through opposition to strikes and other labor disturbances.
These " golden " exports were supported by more than US $ 40 million of specialized banana company investment in the Honduran infrastructure and were safeguarded by United States pressure on the national government when the companies felt threatened.
By contrast, the banana companies paid relatively high wages as early as the 1970s.
Banana workers continued at the top of the wage scale in the 1990s ; however, in the 1980s, as banana production became less labor intensive, the companies had decreased their investment and work force.
The unions of the United States-owned banana companies and the United States-owned petroleum refinery also were affiliated with Fesitranh.
The Honduran government and two banana companies — Chiquita Brands International and Dole Food Company — owned approximately 60 percent of Honduras's cultivable land in 1993.
The banana companies acquired most of their landholdings in the early 20th century in return for building the railroads used to transport bananas from the interior to the coast.
After an agreement was reached with the European Union ( EU ) to increase Honduras's banana quota to the EU, the large banana companies were avid for additional land for increased production to meet the anticipated new demand from Europe.
Honduras's traditional system of independent banana producers, who, as late as the 1980s, sold their crops to the international banana companies, was eroded in the 1990s.
The two large banana companies have also owned large cattle ranches where they raised prime beef, but these large companies had the flexibility to change crops as the market demanded.
Soon after came the expropriation of the three banana companies, decreed by President Lázaro Cárdenas, which were merged into the " Transcontinental " company.
US banana companies arrived in the area in the late 19th Century, and established vast plantations, as well as infrastructure to ship the fruit to the United States.
The game is tongue-in-cheek in its presentation of banana republics, using a great deal of humor while still referencing such topics as totalitarianism, electoral fraud, and the interventions of powerful companies ( United Fruit is implied ) and the Cold War superpowers ( the United States and Soviet Union ).
Later companies, the Standard Fruit and United Fruit Companies became the foundation for modern-day fruit companies, the industry which gave Honduras the sobriquet " banana republic ".
banana and continued
There, as in the nearby Haya kingdom of west Tanzania, the wealth of the ruling class continued to depend more on banana lands and groves than cattle, and no sharp caste-like distinction between farmers and herders formed.
The following year the manifesto's influence continued, Tarsila painted Antropofagia ( 1929 ), which featured the Abaporu figure together with the negroid figure from Le Negra from 1923, as well as the Brazilian banana leaf, cactus, and again the lemon-slice sun.
So it came that Otto's car was finally stopped and the strip moved to a garage where Otto and his second banana Clem traded jibes as fumbling mechanics ... Otto Auto continued in this vein until February 6, 1921, when the strip was replaced by Crazy Quilt.
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banana and government's
Although the fruit conglomerate has long been dismantled, banana and plantain exports remain one of the region's top sources of income, as well as the ports of Limón and Moín ( administered by the government's Junta de Administración Portuaria y de Desarrollo Económico de la Vertiente Atlántica ), and tourism.
banana and budgetary
Lockyer was also critical of the budget, describing its budgetary provisions to Skelton as " banana republic financing ", based on accounting gimmicks ( that " give gimmicks a bad name "), " phony inflated estimates of revenue " and a " boondoggle " of " massive " corporate tax breaks at a time of mounting State deficit.
banana and situation
The United States welcomes the Ministry of Labor's efforts to date to facilitate a resolution to the situation arising from the 1999 incident involving banana workers.
banana and improved
: While living standards have improved for many, a large number of persons has been pushed to the margin of economic activity especially in the areas which once depended heavily on the banana industry for a livelihood.
Other fruit and vegetable crops, except for banana and cassava, likewise improved their harvest.
banana and there
Since there was no one at the station office, he had secured permission to show the party the orange groves on the premises, among which they had found a banana tree and a nut tree.
The locals knew banana in Spanish as " Guineo " and from there it morphed into " Guineal " and then because " Guinea Grass ".
Glutinous rice cooked in coconut or banana leaf wrappers are steamed to produce suman, of which there are many varieties depending on the region.
During the high seasons there are lifeguards and banana boats to rent.
When spores of M. fijiensis are deposited on a susceptible banana leaf they germinate within three hours if there is a film of water present or if the humidity is very high.
Although there are many banana cultivars, Gros Michel was especially suitable for export to non-tropical nations.
The weather here is very, very hot and this is the only part of Turkey that can sustain bananas, there are banana plants everywhere and now other tropical fruits such as papaya, pineapples and avocados are being planted here too.
No doubt over the years several bowlers have learned and mastered the skill of reverse swing but there are still some techniques which haven't have been explored e. g. banana swing.
But, Lukashenko had said :“ In our country, there will be no pink or orange, nor even a banana revolution .”
It is often a moist, sweet, cake-like quick bread ; however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style yeast breads.
The method of production means that there is very little tannin, and the wine can be dominated by such fruity ester flavours as banana, fig and pear drop.
As a result of pulling apart the banana bunches from the main stem, there are leftover stems which contain 5 % of usable fiber to manufacture paper.
They are predominantly planted with various types of crops like coconut, banana, coffee, fruit trees, and pineapple, while there are small portions of rice, root crops, vegetables, and corn.
A banana chip factory is also located there.
Lukashenko has said in the past: " In our country, there will be no pink or orange, or even banana revolution.
Over the years, there has been considerable speculation regarding the psychoactive properties of banana skins.
However, there were disagreements on issues including special protection for Chinese and Indian farmers and African and Caribbean banana imports to the EU.
He also notes that there is a banana grove where the factories were, and that " bananas are good " as a source of potassium.
Crop rotation is still popular among many of the traditional cocoa, citrus, banana and coffee farmers although within the last ten years there has been a heavy investment in " new " crops such as various ground provisions ( e. g.: yams, tubers, cassava ), seasonings and fruits.
In the middle of the leaf there may be an odd number of fried items like small circles of chips either banana, yam or potato, thin crisp papads or frilly wafers Appalams and vadai.
In other text types such as puns, for example ‘ Time flies like an arrow ; fruit flies like a banana ’, there is no need to refer to any other text.
Corny is produced in different forms, there are seven varieties in different flavors, such as the chocolate bar, the exotic coconut bars besides, in the taste nutty and banana.
The city is irriganted by the waters of the Chira River, the area around the capital city of Sullana is very fertile and there is much lush, tropical vegetation: Coconut palm trees, banana trees, paddy fields, etc.
The island consists of small roads, close lanes, large number of closely built houses, only a few has a second floor, green vegetation surrounds most of the housing compounds, specially banana trees and in some households there are even yam fields within the housing compound.
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