It’s Really Getting Bananas In Here

A timed crisis within the United Fruit Company (UFC) Adhoc tested the delegates cooperation and ability to compromise, but some ideas were more outlandish than others

Guatemala, Central America- The civilians of Guatemala have had enough of their government! In an extremely timed crisis update, the citizens of Guatemala gave an ultimatum to the government. This included demands such as completely removing U.S troops from the country, giving fair and equal payment for labor, and having proper resources such as soil for land and food.

The incentive to meet these demands was simple; the citizens would release Maria Delore’s husband and give information as to what happened to the president, who had recently passed away of unknown circumstances. The committee sprang into action immediately, initiating an unmoderated caucus to work together in the short twenty minutes given to them.

Many comments came from delegates, with one delegate even saying in regards to the civilian representative who delivered this news, “What if we just kidnapped you right now.” But the comment was lost in translation to the discussions that would ensue. Group leaders such as Chief of Armed Forces, Francisco Arana began to express ideas, such as negotiating with the U.S and creating a peaceful removal of troops.

These discussions also brought up more, out of the box ideas. Two delegates were overheard discussing their resources, using their large amounts of hippos in order to potentially stampede over people, but this was shut down. Another idea involved giving the U.S poison bananas to get them to forcefully pull out their troops.

Though everyone appeared to be working together, prominent Communist leader and ally to Arana, José Manuel Fortuny worked with two others, their plans were not disclosed to everyone but a paper was soon turned in before he joined the discussions. But his motives seem pure, as he immediately added to the discussions in trying to help the citizens and using his resources as well as his allies to give more soil and payment to the civilians.

The main focus of discussions revolved around removing troops from the U.S, with the most agreed upon idea being removing the taxes and tariffs on the U.S to get them out of Guatemala. The future is unclear on how this conflict will be resolved.

Written by IPC Delegate Jack Maloney