When Banana Ruled (documentary) (tags)
Documentary traces the sordid history of United Fruit/Chiquita.
Visa wars: Guatemala vs. El salvador (tags)
The internal and continual upheaval about national policies toward newcomers is taking a sharp turn in Mesoamerica or Central america. El Salvadorean nationals get Temporary Protected Status while Guatemalan travelers remain illegal in 9 times out of 10.Wheres the pope?
Bananas, cosmic radiation, and private property.
Conversion of rice fields created rice shortage (tags)
In the Central Luzon plains, Nueva Ecija is unique. In this farming province, the biggest rice producer in this region, you see rows upon rows of rice paddies. But it had more rice lands before the phenomenon of land conversion in the late 80s. The large landowners converted their lands to non-agricultural use so these would not fall under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law enacted in 1988. Land conversion was also necessitated by population rise and the urbanization of many towns of the province.
Wild Oats goes bananas over union organizer (tags)
The Wild Oats natural food chain claims to be progressive, enlightened, worker- and environment-friendly. The truth is, Wild Oats is anti-union.
Those arguing con criticized the banana's squishy texture, mediocre taste (unless fried in butter), the possibility that stormtroopers will make preemptive arrests of the "terrorists leaders" who carry bananas, and a concern that an excessive reverence for the banana could lean The Revolution backward toward a patriarchal society.