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2024-06-12 Caribbean-Latin America

Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [121 views ] Top

#1 Q. What kind of a World it is where a USA banana company cannot change a government in South American country?
A. A World where coke is more important than bananas.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-12 04:45|| 2024-06-12 04:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Not a great deal of money to be made selling Chevrolet's, unless you also sell auto-financing and warranty protection programs.

Guns, murders, Banana unions, para-mils, Latin American political turmoil.....who deals with people in these circles ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-06-12 05:22|| 2024-06-12 05:22|| Front Page Top

#3 1997 to 2004+ = Clinton & Bush?

Does anyone seriously think they did it without some DC help?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-06-12 05:24|| 2024-06-12 05:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Is there a difference between a corporation paying protection money to paramilitaries vs donating to BLM-like causes and setting up diversity offices? In both cases, a nuisance is getting paid to go away.

Posted by SteveS 2024-06-12 09:38|| 2024-06-12 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ No difference. Also, just like Danegeld, the geld is paid but the nuisance never goes away.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-12 09:40|| 2024-06-12 09:40|| Front Page Top

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