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Holder Helped Secure Lenient Plea Deal With Bush Lawyers

The Raw Story | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doj, Bush, Farc, President Obama, Eric Holder, Bananas, Obama, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, Michael Chertoff, Department of Justice, Chiquita, Bush Administration, Carl Lindner, Columbia, Jr., Chiquita-Colombia, Carol Lam, Jeffery A. Taylor, Politics News

When the US Justice Department announced in March 2007 that Chiquita Brands had pleaded guilty to "one count of engaging in transactions with a specia...

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Colombia Confirms It Cannot Meet Necessary FTA Prerequisites; Death Squads on Rise

Dan Kovalik | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Squads, Nancy Pelosi, Colombia, Obama, Chiquita, Colombia FTA, Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, Latin America, Latin Barack Obama, Politics News
Dan Kovalik

(UPDATED) In his final debate with John McCain, President-elect Barack Obama made it clear why he opposed passage of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement...

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Green Edge 8 - Saving Lives on Farms in Latin America - Cultivar

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Farm Workers, Dominican Republic, Pesticides, Cultivar, Cdh, Del Monte, Cede, Green Edge, Mexico, Incap, Pase, Nicaragua, State Department, Haitians, Tesco, Chiquita, Dole, San Francisco Chronicle, Fertilizers, Honduras, sa8000, U.S. Department of Labor, Usaid, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

The safety of U.S. food depends starts with the farms where our food is grown. Last month, congressional hearings on America's largest salmonella out...

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Chiquita Sued Over Killings Of US Missionaries

Reuters | Tom Brown | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chiquita Lawsuit, Chiquita Colombia, Chiquita, Chiquita US Missionaries, Business News

U.S.-based Chiquita Brands International Inc has been hit with a lawsuit in federal court in Miami over the killings of five U.S. missionaries by Marx...

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Chiquita's Stock Soars On News Of Restructuring

AP | Terry Kinney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chiquita Brands International, Chiquita, Chiquita Restructuring, Business News

Fruit and salad distributor Chiquita Brands International, struggling to boost profits amid higher costs and worries over food safety, said Monday tha...

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Chiquita Pays $5 Million For Supporting Right-Wing Colombian Terrorists

McClatchy Newspapers | Pablo Bachelet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Chiquita Brands International, the Cincinnati-based company famous for its banana brand, on Monday made the first $5 million installment on a $25 mill...

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Chiquita's $25 Million Fine Is Largest Penalty Ever Sought Under US Global Terrorism Sanctions

Associated Press | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not prosecute 10 Chiquita Brands International executives involved in the company's now-defunct payoff of ...

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