Minor+C.+Keith



An American named Minor C. Keith had given financial service to the Coasta Rican govenment.He had received leases for land and railroad lines in return, from the government. His fruit company had exported 50 billlion bunches of bananas to the U.S. each year. He also helped Cosat Rica's, Guatamala's,and Honduras's economy and government.Due to his accomplishments, people started to call Central American nations something known as banana republics.

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Picture Provided by: http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/panama/image/banana12sm.jpg

Information Provided by: Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present Modern American History page 355