Banana industry basically had America destroying democracies in S America so we could access their resources. United Fruit.

Great book about it The Fish that Ate the Whale.

https://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/12500...

An amazing story of the guy who took over the banana industry, starting by buying all the "ripes" that were previously considered trash: https://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/12500...

This sounds like a weird suggestion but it's an incredibly entertaining and interesting book about an amazing entrepreneur who was one of America's first fruit tycoons. http://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/037429...