Agriculture Reference
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Chapter2
Space Invaders
Butthedayarrivedwhen,duetosoilexhaustionorsomeother
reason,adiseaseinvadedthefarmsthathasalmosttotally
destroyedthem,bringingruintothesmallproducersandturning
manycommunitiesintoghosttownswhoseinhabitantslittleby
littleareleaving.
governor of atlántida, 1929
Yes,wehavenoBananas!
Wehavenobananastoday
We'vestringbeansandhonions,cabbahgesandscallions
Andallkindsoffruitandsay,
Wehaveanoldfashionedtomahto,LongIslandpotahto
ButyeswehavenoBananas
Wehavenobananastoday
frank silver and irving cohn, 1923
On a cold December night in New Orleans in 1910, deposed Honduran
President Manuel Bonilla slipped aboard Sam ''Banana Man'' Zemurray's
private yacht moored on Lake Pontchartrain. The yacht carried the ex-
president across the lake and into the Mississippi Sound, where it rendez-
voused with a second boat that Bonilla had purchased with money bor-
rowed from Zemurray. Accompanied by a group of armed mercenaries
that included General Lee Christmas and Guy ''Machine Gun'' Maloney,
Bonilla set course for the North Coast of Honduras. A couple of weeks
later, Bonilla's small forces landed on the island of Roatán. From there
they launched an attack onTrujillo, taking control of the port after facing
minimal resistance. Shortly thereafter, Bonilla's supporters occupied the
portof LaCeiba.Theinvasiontookplaceduringaperiodofpoliticalinsta-
