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Banana republic
Wikipedia definition

Banana republic is a pejorative term for a small, often Latin American or Caribbean country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture, and ruled by a small, wealthy and corrupt clique put in power by the United States government in conjunction with the CIA and the US business lobby. The term was coined by O. Henry, an American humorist and short story writer, in reference to Honduras. "Republic" in his time was often a euphemism for a dictatorship, while "banana" implied an easy reliance on basic agriculture and backwardness in the development of modern industrial technology. Frequently the subject of mockery and humour, and usually presided over by a dictatorial military junta that exaggerates its own power and importance. "The epaulettes of a banana republic generalissimo" are proverbially of considerable size, usually portrayed in satire with a pair of mops.

Banana Republic is a weekly editorial cartoon series that explores the political and social culture of Amnesia, a mythical Third-World country that could not be more different from our own. Banana Republic appears weekly in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The Velvet Banana, by Jack Rabbit

Bush's Banana Republic, by Francis A. Boyle

US: A Sophisticated Banana Republic, from The Times of India

Banana Republicans, by Suzanne Blanchard

Time to Remove the Bananas... and Return Our Republic to Democracy, by Thom Hartman

Privacy Threats from a Banana Republic, by Jim Harper

The United States of Barbarism, by James Bovard

On the way to a banana republic, by Sandy Levinson

From Where I Stand, by Joan Chittister, OSB

Will the US Become a Banana Republic? by Marc Faber

Banana Republic! by Puru Saxena

The US, a Banana Republic after the Coup d'Etat of Sept. 11 - Interview with Gore Vidal, by Rosa Miriam Elizalde

How a Banana Republic Sends Troops to War, by David Brownlow

The United States of America: a Bandana Republic, by Eric L Wattree

The "Banana Republic" syndrome, by G.M. Davis

Burying Banana Republic, by James Leaf

Our Judicially Created Banana Republic, by J.J. Jackson

Miami is a banana republic, by Daryl Lindsey

Civil war in Miami? by John Lantigua

There's Trouble--Lots Of It--in Paradise, by Tim Padgett

California's Coastal BANANA Republic, by K Lloyd Billingsley

Lessons on Democracy from a Banana Republic, by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas

No banana republic here, by Hal Lindsey

USA: Banana Republic, by Robert Weissman

Banana republic, by Gregory A Petsko