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Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

0 posted 2004-03-31 02:30 PM

Guatemala 54
the voice of the voiceless was heard
Arbenz reclaimed the land, and the people
their livelihoods

Until the beast awoke
domination over compensation
demanded United
and Truman obliged

beneath 4 birds
the secret serpents were loosed
they slithered in from Nicaragua
they slithered in from Honduras

trained and armed by the CIA
Chiquita smiled
subjects safely underfoot
as democracy killed democracy

***In 1954 Jacobo Arbenz, the second legally elected leader under Guatemala's fledgling democracy,
was ousted from power in a coup by Col. Carlos C. Armas. However, documents declassified (though
heavily inked out) in 1997 revealed the coup was staged by the CIA under Truman's orders in order to
protect the interests of the United Fruit Company. The UFC was upset with Arbenz land reforms, which
expropriated unused land in order to give the land back to the people of Guatemala. Offered compensation
for the land, the UFC called in favours instead and the CIA trained and armed mercenaries to handle the
coup under US air support. The newly installed Col. Armas was trained at Fort Leavenworth, and under
his power all taxes on interest and dividends to foreign investors were eliminated giving UFC, best known
for Chiquita bananas, incredible profit and control over the entire region..

'Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota
monax materiam possit materiari?'
~Gluteus Maximus

gemjop
Member Elite

since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

1 posted 2004-03-31 02:46 PM

Raph, your intelligence is so obvious in every write, you make me sick.

but i'll still be your friend.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2004-03-31 02:48 PM

Welcome home, Raph. It's good to see you and your poetry here, again, in the blue pages...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-03-31 02:52 PM

RAPH AND GEMMA! YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SOOOOO SOOOO MISSED!!!!

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2004-03-31 02:55 PM

LOL, not the message, by the bottom sig.
And even though my Latin is nearly nonexistent, I think I understand the gist of it.
It's about time you paid a visit. Been really busy? Some of us missed you 'round this latitude/longitude.

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

5 posted 2004-03-31 03:35 PM

Ahhh Bello, I see a few changes and I like

beneath 4 birds
the secret serpents were loosed
they slithered in from Nicaragua
they slithered in from Honduras

Excellent!

It's sooo good to have you back here.

Dory

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

6 posted 2004-03-31 06:19 PM

Ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2004-03-31 06:27 PM

Chiquita smiled
subjects safely underfoot
as democracy killed democracy

Those three lines knocked me out!

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

8 posted 2004-03-31 08:54 PM

thanks gem and i guess i'll be your too phblllt

thanks Karilea nice to see some friendly faces

thanks Dixie, what a reception! grins

Hey kacy, yup been busy, chucking wood or something grin

Hey bella, yeah i like this final cut much better

yes ice, it's always seemed to be more about attaining a piece, and not peace

Thanks Martie it's nice to see you again, kept playing with those lines until i finally had to let the piece go before i ruined it

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2004-04-01 03:57 AM

Ciao Raffaele, bentornato!

Your awareness of injustices perpetrated is so high and well you do to share it …. and with such poetic power!

Abbracci, Margherita

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

10 posted 2004-04-02 01:20 PM

abbracci margherita nice to see you

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

11 posted 2004-04-02 10:27 PM

Back to add this to my library.

Bello

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

12 posted 2005-04-13 08:16 AM

Yea...I remember that....and Guatemalan Gold went up to 50 a lid.....really was a bummer...how ya been Aenimal....is Aenimal planet your station?....Do you know the Crock hunter?....Kriety mate....you've become quite popular?.....

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