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Post 22Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 04:08 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
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Why American calls Latin People as " Banana Republic"?No insulting,just curious why do they call them like that?
Banana usually describes as Chinese,right?
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Post  Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 05:05 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
Says http://lists.essential.org/corp-focus/msg00012.html
""Banana Republic" used to refer to poor, developing countries that relied on a single cash crop -- typically bananas -- and were ruled by corrupt governments."
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