I'm with you. They had to pay protection money because the incompetence of government to protect citizens and businesses.
They should turn around and sue the governments.
George Orwell could not make this up.
How things have changed. In the old days Chiquita (Then United Fruit) would have sent in their own army (banna cowboys-very tough hombres) to wipe out the terroritsts and change out the government if needed.