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Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas

  • Written by Aaron Coy Moulton, Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananasA woman walks past a banner that says 'against foreign intervention,' in Spanish, in Guatemala in 1954.Bettmann/Getty Images

In the aftermath of the U.S. military strike that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration has emphasized its desire for unfettered access to Venezuela’s oil more than...

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