Editing United Fruit Company (section)

==Connections to Broader CIA and Regional Dynamics==
[[Operation Condor]]: UFCO’s role in Operation PBSuccess (1954) prefigured Operation Condor (1975–1983), a U.S.-backed campaign by Southern Cone dictatorships to repress leftists. PBSuccess’s propaganda and paramilitary tactics, supported by UFCO’s logistics, influenced Condor’s Condortel network and cross-border operations. The Brazilian Advanced War College (ESG) and School of the Americas (SOA) trained officers who implemented Condor, with Guatemala’s post-coup repression linked to SOA graduates like Julio Roberto Alpírez, per NACLA.

Skeptical View: UFCO was a ruthless monopoly whose land monopolies and political influence stifled Latin American development. Its resistance to land reform, exemplified in Guatemala’s Decree 900 and Honduras’s Decree 6, prioritized profits over democratic norms, with PBSuccess a blatant corporate-driven coup. The 1963 Honduras coup, while less CIA-direct, reflects UFCO’s playbook. Its indirect influence on Condor and SOA stems from enabling repressive regimes. Primary sources (CIA files, Paraguayan “Terror Archives”) confirm UFCO’s Guatemala role.