Arbenz went on the radio to explain the nature of the struggle. It’s not about ideology, he said, it’s about money. It’s not about the United States, it’s about El Gringo, the Banana Man. “In whose name have they carried out these barbaric acts?” he asked. “What is their banner? We know very well. They have used the pretext of anti-communism. The truth is very different. The truth is to be found in the financial interests of the fruit company.”
