Will Hanlon’s Reviews > Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala > Status Update

“Bitter Fruit,” written like a thriller, details the elaborate plot by United Fruit, the U.S. State Department, and the CIA to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Guatemala in 1954. So far, the most interesting chapter for me was “Advertisements for Myself,” which describes United Fruit’s successful PR and lobbying campaigns to paint Guatemala as a communist threat to the United States.