Bananas Painted Red: US Neo-Colonialism in the Colombia 1927-1928
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Room 271
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Communist Strike Workers
Abstract
I conclude that the early stage of the worker’s revolt and massacre in Santa Marta, Colombia in 1927 is an example of United States’ business imperialism in Colombia. I examined the connection between the United Fruit Company, the Colombian government and the US State department. My research is helping to answer the question of the level of involvement the United States and the United Fruit Company had in the events surrounding the massacre at Santa Marta, Colombia. There are communications from the embassy in Bogota, Colombia to the US State Department covering the beginning stages of the worker’s revolt, and the response from the Colombia government. These consular reports include discussions from the ambassador, to the US State Department, that the Colombia government has given assurances to protect American interests and the interests of the United Fruit Company. The reports further document that the United States and the United Fruit Company stood to benefit from a Colombian government crackdown on labor. These communications take place from November of 1928 to September of 1929. This paper expands on the ties the Colombia government had with the United States, and the ties between both the United States and the Colombia government with the United Fruit Company.
Recommended Citation
Moser, Robert, "Bananas Painted Red: US Neo-Colonialism in the Colombia 1927-1928" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 23.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/oralpresentations/23
Additional Mentoring Department
History
Bananas Painted Red: US Neo-Colonialism in the Colombia 1927-1928
SURC Room 271
I conclude that the early stage of the worker’s revolt and massacre in Santa Marta, Colombia in 1927 is an example of United States’ business imperialism in Colombia. I examined the connection between the United Fruit Company, the Colombian government and the US State department. My research is helping to answer the question of the level of involvement the United States and the United Fruit Company had in the events surrounding the massacre at Santa Marta, Colombia. There are communications from the embassy in Bogota, Colombia to the US State Department covering the beginning stages of the worker’s revolt, and the response from the Colombia government. These consular reports include discussions from the ambassador, to the US State Department, that the Colombia government has given assurances to protect American interests and the interests of the United Fruit Company. The reports further document that the United States and the United Fruit Company stood to benefit from a Colombian government crackdown on labor. These communications take place from November of 1928 to September of 1929. This paper expands on the ties the Colombia government had with the United States, and the ties between both the United States and the Colombia government with the United Fruit Company.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dormady, Jason