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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:41 AM Original message |
Chiquita sued over Colombian paramilitary payments |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would have thought |
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left on green only (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Shades of Ollie North? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. You have to wonder if he was far enough gone into senile dementia that he never knew, |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Previously known as "United Fruit Company" according to Sherrod Brown |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. My first thought as well. names change but business remains the same. nt |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Chiquita is not being sued for "payments." It is being sued for MURDERS. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. If corporations have the same legal standing as people why aren't the senior managers being charged |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. Gen. Smedley Butler quit being muscle for the United Fruit Co. racket. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Great information on that short thread. Didn't know about the large chunk of missing records. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And United Fruit is now Chiquita |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. There's a lot of US politics behind the Chiquita story |
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