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The Bloody History Behind Chiquita’s Big Loss w/ Guillermo Mosquera and Dr. Rodrigo Acuna (G&R 309)
In a landmark case in Florida, a federal jury has ordered Chiquita Brands International to pay over $38 million in damages to the families of eight Colombian men who were killed by paramilitaries the banana giant funded. This is part of a long bloody history that goes beyond this one incident or Chiquita itself. In our latest episode, Scott talks with Colombian trade unionist Guillermo Andres Mosquera Miranda and Dr. Rodrigo Acuña about Chiquita’s loss in court and its bloody history of American corporations hiring death squads in Colombia. Most importantly, they discuss Guillermo’s own…
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