Has there ever been an instance of a business attempting or succeed a coup?
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This has happened several times between U.S. companies and Latin American countries.
The United Fruit Company was a major player in a 1954 coup in Guatemala.
A 1973 coup in Chile was allegedly backed by International Telephone and Telegraph.
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