Under a combined military paramilitary onslaught they were driven out of the rich banana-growing region of Uraba and they have been trying to get back ever since.
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The retailer also plans to open its affordable luxury brand store Banana Republic in the region.
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That cost the guerrillas their lucrative control of the region's rich banana plantations.