On this day, 4 January 1932, martial law was declared in Honduras, to quell a revolt initiated by banana workers employed by the United Fruit Company. The company sacked 800 workers, and cut the pay of workers in Tela. 1000 workers in Tela then went on strike, and the Associated Press reported a “revolutionary movement in the banana-growing zone”. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1314015428783604/?type=3
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