Chiquita Paid Colombian Terrorists

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Chiquita Paid Colombian Terrorists

March 26, 2007 | ISSUE 43•13

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to charges that the company made payments to Colombian groups designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. State Department. What do you think?

This is the worst crime bananas have ever been implicated in since the Beverly Hills Cop 'banana tailpipe' incident.

Bayard Wilson
Exterminator
You know who really will feel the pinch once Chiquita pays the $25 million fine? Monkeys.

Shawna Deutsch
Systems Analyst
How else is Chiquita supposed to protect their workers from the Del Monte death squads?

William Mulaney
School Superintendent

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