[OC] Mexiko ist keine Bananenrepublik mehr, sondern eine Avocadorepublik

Millennials with their Avocado toast I swear.

[Forbidden Fruit –
The anti-avocado militias of Michoacán](https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/forbidden-fruit-avocado-militias-michoacan-mexico/)

> Michoacán, where around four in five of all avocados consumed in the United States are grown, is the most important avocado-producing region in the world, accounting for nearly a third of the global supply. This cultivation requires a huge quantity of land, much of it found beneath native pine forests, and an even more startling quantity of water. It is often said that it takes about twelve times as much water to grow an avocado as it does a tomato. Recently, competition for control of the avocado, and of the resources needed to produce it, has grown increasingly violent, often at the hands of cartels. A few years ago, in nearby Uruapan, nineteen people were found hanging from an overpass, piled beneath a pedestrian bridge, or dumped on the roadside in various states of undress and dismemberment—a particularly gory incident that some experts believe emerged from cartel clashes over the multibillion-dollar trade

They’re both berries. Maybe just stick with Berry Republic.

To be clear, Mexico was never anywhere near a Banana Republic. They have a large and diverse economy, and despite any national issues they may have were never beholden to one industry/company running much of their government.