United Fruit Company - The Cue That Worked So Well

The united fruit company had a problem with the democratically elected government of guatemala. They felt it was being unfairly treated by a foreign owned company that was intensely corrupt and violent toward the people, he says. So united fruit hired edward burnes to portray the company as a victim of the unfair guatemalan government,. To spread misinformation, building support in the u.S. Voters and influencers, linkin congress, to build support for a coup in guatemala - which launched a civil war That's what happened.