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Tropical Iron

(Tropical Iron)
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Original Title : Tropical Iron
Time : 108 Min
Genre : Documentary, Biography, History
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2017
Director : Mark C. Baldwin
Writer : Mark C. Baldwin
Producer : Natalia Baldwin León
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : Costa Rica, United States
Original Language : English
About : The story of Minor Keith and the construction of the Costa Rican Atlantic Railway in the 19th Century. A seemingly small infrastructure project, laying one hundred miles of track cost the lives of over 4000 men, took nearly 20 years to ...See moreThe story of Minor Keith and the construction of the Costa Rican Atlantic Railway in the 19th Century. A seemingly small infrastructure project, laying one hundred miles of track cost the lives of over 4000 men, took nearly 20 years to complete, and bankrupted a nation. It resulted in the formation of the United Fruit Company, the largest agricultural enterprise in the world, and the most controversial US company ever to operate in Latin America. UFCO and Minor Keith are still considered the embodiment of US Imperialism by those in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. See less Read more: Plot summary

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