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I went on a walking tour in Bogota years back and the tour guide made sure to let us know never to eat Chiquita bananas because of this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre?wprov=sfti1
Sorry don’t know how to hyperlink on mobile
Kinda wide margin there
I thin kit's in the ballpark of 3 to 75,000
Kinda weird that 47 deaths would seem like "is that all?"
Seems a bit intentional:
I can't remember if I killed one person with my car yesterday or if it was 42 people
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Thats almost 100 years ago, no one responsible for that is working for that company anymore. I'm usually supportive of boycotting companies, but that seems pointlessly petty
In March 2007 Chiquita Brands pleaded guilty in a United States Federal court to aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, when it admitted to the payment of more than $1.7 million to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a group that the United States has labeled a terrorist organization since 2001.
The company that is willing to commit terrible crimes including murder is still the same company. They have not been adequately punished for their various crimes against humanity. The punishment for these crimes should have been large enough that the company wouldn't exist today, not just a small fine.