Banana Wars

Panama, the intervention in the United Stream, was able to go back to the 1846 Malalo - Bydrac convention and became more intense after the so - called watermelon war in 1856. In 1903, Panama withdrew from the Republic of Colombia and received support from the US government [2]. The Panama Canal was under construction at the time and the Panama Canal Zone was established under the sovereignty of the United States (as of 2000, the Panama Canal Zone has been decentralized to Panama).

After several decades of intermittent landing and naval bomb explosion, Nicaragua was largely uninterrupted by the United States from 1912 to 1933.

It was occupied by the US Army Governor-General Leonardo Wood from 1898 to 1902, again occupied from 1906 to 1909 from 1912 and 1917 to 1922; according to the provision of the Platte Treaty amendment until 1934.

Haiti was occupied by the United States from 1915 to 1934, and in 1917 a new Haitian constitution was enacted, including the abolition of the previous system which prohibited nonhaitians from possessing land. Includes the first and second Caco wars. [3]

Honduras, United Fruits and Standard Fruits led the country's major banana export sector and related land holdings and railways in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924 and 1925. enter. Writer O. Henry created the word "Banana Republic" in 1904 to explain Honduras.

Mexico, the United States during this period included military intervention with Mexico for the same general commercial and political reasons, but as a special case. Americans conducted a border war with Mexico from 1910 to 1919 to combat the revolutionary movement of immigrants and refugees from Mexico (Pacific Ocean) and anti-government forces on US territory. However, the occupation of Veracruz in 1914 was not an issue of boundary integrity, but an armed force; it was designed to block the supply of German ammunition to the Mexican government, Victoriano Huerta. US President Woodrow Wilson did not admit that. For several years before World War I, the United States continued to be alert to the regional power balance with Germany. Germans aggressively mobilized Mexicans, including the Ipiranga weapon case in 1914, the German destruction workshop in Mexico City Lothar Witzke base, Zimmermann telegraph in 1919, German advisor who appeared during the Ambos Nogales campaign in 1918 I advise and advise. During the Mexican Revolution, only two US forces occupied Mexico; during the temporary occupation of Veracruz between 1914 and 1916 and 1917, American General John Pershing and his army brought Mexico I am looking for Pancho Villa throughout the country who came to lead

At the end of the so-called "Banana War" with Spain and the good-neighborhood policy of 1898 in 1934, the United States made a number of military invasions and interventions in Central America and the Caribbean Sea. According to their experience, the US Marines, who were fighting most frequently in these wars, in 1921 created a manual called "Small War Strategy and Tactics." Sometimes the Navy provided gun support and also used military forces. United fruits and standard fruits dominated the main banana export department of Honduras and its associated land holdings and railways. Writer O. Henry made the word "Banana Republic" in 1904 to explain Honduras.

In the banana industry the banana industry has long been the focus of controversy. In some cases, bananas are a necessary means to become stronger both economically and politically, but in other cases it was an obstacle to complete dependence and decline to other industries. Since bananas are major crops in many countries, the struggle for managing production and distribution is increasing, resulting in "banana war".