So looking forward to reading it, Alex!

Hey Emily, I’ll actually have a post on my thoughts on the recent election coming up this week. Stay tuned… and stay strong.

would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks Jackson! Almost time for another patriotic post…

As for the banana companies, that’s my whole point — the US government supported them in practically colonizing Latin America! It horrifies me to look back on that part of history. I don’t really think the infrastructure they built, much of which they left in ruin, even comes close to making up for their exploitation. And like I wrote, I don’t like pointing to what other countries have done wrong as a way to justify what we’ve also erred in. But that’s just my take. Hope you’ve been enjoying your travels 🙂

I’ve been traveling too – Boston! Cape Cod! – and now have 11 of your posts to catch up on. My father worked for Chiquita Bananas for 40 years. Yes, they interfered with politics in Latin America. They also had a lot of their plantations “nationalized” after revolutions, losing everything. They built towns, roads, hospitals, schools – a whole infrastructure – wherever they grew bananas. And they never interfered in other countries without the blessing of the U.S. gov’t in charge at the time. The same could be said for oil companies in Venezuela years ago (also nationalized) or copper mines in Chile (ditto). There are many sides to every story. And when is Great Britain going to return the “Elgin Marbles” to Greece, where they were stolen from?

#preach

Thanks Kimberly 🙂