bananagate

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Proper noun

A [[scandal]] of the 1970s involving [[bribe]]s to the [[Honduran]] [[president]] to reduce the [[export]] [[tax]] on [[banana]]s. It provoked the [[overthrow]] of Honduras' [[military]] [[government]].

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