General Cortés Vargas, who commanded the troops during the massacre, took responsibility for 47 casualties. In reality, the exact number of casualties has never been confirmed. Herrera Soto, co-author of a comprehensive and detailed study of the 1928 strike, has put together various estimates given by contemporaries and historians, ranging from 47 to as high as 2,000.[1] According to Congressman Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the killed strikers were thrown into the sea.[1] Other sources claim that the bodies were buried in mass graves.[2]
Thats almost 100 years ago, no one responsible for that is working for that company anymore. I’m usually supportive of boycotting companies, but that seems pointlessly petty
I went on a walking tour in Bogota years back and the tour guide made sure to let us know never to eat Chiquita bananas because of this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre?wprov=sfti1
Sorry don’t know how to hyperlink on mobile
Kinda wide margin there
I thin kit’s in the ballpark of 3 to 75,000
Kinda weird that 47 deaths would seem like “is that all?”
Seems a bit intentional:
I can’t remember if I killed one person with my car yesterday or if it was 42 people
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Thats almost 100 years ago, no one responsible for that is working for that company anymore. I’m usually supportive of boycotting companies, but that seems pointlessly petty