Keith successfully signed a contract with Costa Rican government to build a railroad track, connected the capital city of San Jose to Limon, the contract also included 800,000 acres of lands along the route and 99 years tax free for operation of the train. ... " (4) May Stacy commented in her book 'The United Fruit Company in Latin America. ... United paid all the debt of IRC, stop building the Pacific port in exchange for free operation on IRC's tracks, which was very beneficial for the company to ship bananas to the U.S in the long run. ... Peter Chapman in his book 'Ba...

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In the North-Central Mexican city of Juarez, times are often pretty rough. Crime is decreasing as of 2016, but the percentage of violent crimes in Mexico is still higher than almost all major cities in the country to the north, the United States. In fact, poverty is extremely prevalent with "494,000...

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