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[byandby]

Chiquita charged in terror investigation - Really? This should not come as a surprise to ANYONE. NO ONE AT ALL.

OMG. International fruit companies in Central and South America have been doing crap like this for ages. I doubt this is going to actually change anything, but maybe the more the public knows, the more things could change.

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[galena417]

Wow, not even bananas are sacred. It makes sense, though - who would suspect fruit?

[byandby]

Way back in college in a Mesoamerican anthropology class, I wrote a paper on international fruit companies. They are atrocious scum - horrific human rights abuses, price fixing, environmental damage. It really makes me sick.

[galena417]

that makes me wish that Sonja would eat fruit other than bananas. so far, that's the only one I can usually get her to eat.

[asimplechord]

Dole and United Fruit = the source of much evil in Central America. (Often backed by the US govt.) I'm glad that something was done, though I'm sure the $25m fine is a drop in the bucket in comparison to their profits.

[byandby]

Dole and United Fruit = the source of much evil in Central America.

Exactly. They have caused so much destruction and trouble and death there.