A Banana Business Murdered John F. Kennedy

One has to wonder why the company logo included zero bananas, but instead, a rifle. This was an aggressive company.

When Fidel Castro decided to nationalize private businesses operating in Cuba, he angered their well-connected owners in the USA. The contacts of United Fruit Company included longest-serving CIA director Allen Dulles, who used to defend the company’s interests, working as a lawyer for law firm Sullivan & Cromwell.

It was Dulles who would be humiliated after the failed attempt to ous...