Dan Koeppel

“A banana tree isn’t a tree at all; it’s the world’s largest herb. The fruit itself is actually a giant berry.”
― Dan Koeppel, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

“It isn't fair to blame the banana industry for all of Colombia's problems. But it is important to point out that in that country and throughout Latin America the destabilization resulting from banana-related interventions created a tradition of weak institutions, making it difficult for true democracy and fair economic policies to take hold. The Latin American tradition of governments not supported by the general population, and propped up by overseas commercial interests, was created under the authorship of United Fruit.”
― Dan Koeppel, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World