Bocas/Talamanca : sent to historian in Costa Rica [Part 2 of 2]

  • United Fruit Company Papers
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Title
Bocas/Talamanca : sent to historian in Costa Rica [Part 2 of 2]
Identifier
A2021.001/B001(05)
Creator
  • United Fruit Company
  • Chiriqui Land Company
Coverage
Panama; United States; Costa Rica
Publisher
United Fruit Company
Date
1921 - 1927
Description
Series consists of correspondence and some reports documenting the relationship between the United Fruit Company and various levels of government in Panama and Costa Rica. These include internal company correspondence about dealings with the government as well as direct correspondence with government officials of varying ranks including presidents of the republics. Documents in this series reveal the extent of company influence vis-à-vis the governments and include correspondence related to export taxes, wages and nationality of workers, and appointment of key government officials. Another predominant subject is land appropriation and use especially around the Talamanca Valley and Sixaola River in Costa Rica, including the topic of squatters and the Bribri, the original and Indigenous inhabitants of this Costa Rican portion of the United Fruit Company’s Bocas del Toro Division.