‘Banana Republic of America’ Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020.

Many understand his reference to “that banana republic, Anchuria” — a mythical Latin American country — as representing Honduras, since the famed writer lived there in the late 1890s.

The term originated as a way to describe the experiences of many countries in Central America, whose economies and politics were dominated by U.S.-based banana exporters at the turn of the 20th ...

From the American fruit companies that threw their weight around in Central America. Try for free. Enterprise. Log in Menu. Skip to ... Honduras meets most people’s definition of a banana republic.

The ongoing financial meltdown is just the latest example of a disturbing trend that, to this adoptive American, threatens to put the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave on a par with Zimbabwe ...

Robin Wright writes about the use of the term “banana republic,” which originated by O. Henry and has been increasingly used to refer to American democracy since the 2016 Presidential election.