"Customers can buy those bananas at a low cost in their local store." - RUND ABDELFATAH, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #RundAbdelfatah

"On Sunday, December 6, 1928, in the town of Cienaga, banana workers assembled at the church in the town square." - RUND ABDELFATAH, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #RundAbdelfatah

"They know that they're being exploited, and so they begin asking for their rights." - DAN KOEPPEL, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #DanKoeppel

"It's the Teddy Roosevelt era." - DAN KOEPPEL, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #TheodoreRoosevelt #HappyBirthdayTheodoreRoosevelt #DanKoeppel

"So Keith began traveling to other countries in Central and South America - Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia - making deals with their governments." - RUND ABDELFATAH, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #RundAbdelfatah

"Everything seemed to be falling into place for United Fruit." - RUND ABDELFATAH, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #RundAbdelfatah

"Bananas have to grow where it rains." - PORTILLO VILLEDA, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #NationalBananaDay #PortilloVilleda

"It is 'The Banana Boat Song.'" - RUND ABDELFATAH, There Will Be Bananas, Throughline #Throughline #ThereWillBeBananas #RundAbdelfatah