El Pulpo

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corporation nickname

El Pulpo is the notorious nickname for the United Fruit Company, a powerful U.S. corporation historically known for its vast control over banana production and politics in Latin America.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
United Fruit Company 0
The Octopus 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf corporation ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Octopus ⓘ
appliedTo banana industry dominance ⓘ
political influence in Latin America ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. corporate power abroad ⓘ
banana republics ⓘ
economic imperialism ⓘ
intervention in local politics ⓘ
labor exploitation ⓘ
land monopolies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasConnotation exploitative ⓘ
notorious ⓘ
powerful ⓘ
hasNickname El Pulpo ⓘ
El Pulpo ⓘ
surface form: The Octopus
hasReputationFor controlling banana production ⓘ
influencing government policies ⓘ
shaping trade regulations ⓘ
suppressing labor movements ⓘ
industry banana production ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Spanish ⓘ
literalMeaning The Octopus ⓘ
mentionedIn Latin American political discourse ⓘ
historical analyses of United Fruit Company ⓘ
literature about banana republics ⓘ
notableInCountry Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
operatedInRegion Latin America ⓘ
refersTo United Fruit Company ⓘ
relatedToConcept agrarian conflict in Central America ⓘ
banana republic ⓘ
neocolonialism ⓘ
relatedToEvent 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état ⓘ
surface form: 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
symbolizes foreign domination ⓘ
monopolistic practices ⓘ
political interference ⓘ
tentacular corporate control ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 20th century ⓘ
usedBy Latin American intellectuals ⓘ
Latin American journalists ⓘ
Latin American politicians ⓘ
critics of United Fruit Company ⓘ
usedInRegion Latin America ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Fruit Company → alias → El Pulpo ⓘ
El Pulpo → hasNickname → El Pulpo ⓘ
subject surface form: United Fruit Company
El Pulpo → hasNickname → El Pulpo ⓘ
subject surface form: United Fruit Company
this entity surface form: The Octopus