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The End of an ‘Unholy Alliance’ Between Chiquita and a Paramilitary Group
From the BBC: A court in the United States has found multinational fruit company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The group, the United Self ...
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Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members
Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia's long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company ...
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Colombian leader favors extraditing Chiquita execs
Chiquita Brands International CEO Fernando Aguirre acknowledged last week that the former subsidiary "had been forced to make payments to right- and left-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia to ...
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Chiquita Banana ordered to pay $38.3million for funding far-right paramilitary group in Colombia
Chiquita Banana has been found liable by a Florida jury for financing a far-right Columbian paramilitary group, and has been ordered to pay $38.3m to the families of victims killed by the militants.
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U.S. Jury Orders Chiquita to Pay $38 Million to Families of Colombians Killed by Paramilitary Group
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