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2008-03-14 Caribbean-Latin America

U.S. Families Sue Chiquita Banana For Secret Support of the FARC

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Nail them to the wall. Put them out of business with lawsuits. Otherwise, other companies will be encouraged to pay ransoms and bribes in the future.

Posted by gromky 2008-03-14 01:31|| 2008-03-14 01:31|| Front Page Top

#2 ION, KOREA TIMES?YONHAP NEWS > US GENERAL: ZERO PROLIFERATION OF NORTH KOREAN MISSLE TECHNOLOGY. Believes there is little to no evidence of NK Missle Exports since 2005, but also expressed concerns about NK's advanced missle designs and ambitions.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-14 02:11|| 2008-03-14 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Our actions were always motivated to protect the lives of our employees and their families, company spokesman Ed Loyd told the Wall Street Journal. We are contesting the suits vigorously and believe we have a strong defense.

Sounds like a sound bite from the Nuremberg trials.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-03-14 02:22|| 2008-03-14 02:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Last year Chiquita agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle Justice Department charges in these matters.

That's what justice is all about isn't it, the $$$.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-14 10:01|| 2008-03-14 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 See also PRAVDA > ROBERT REYES - URIBE: ENOUGH!
AUthor proclaims suppor for CHAVEZ + DEFENSE OF SOUTH AMERICA = SOUTH AMER PEOPLES, espec the "DAUGHTERS OF BOLIVAR" [Ecuador, Colonbia, venezuela]. The "SINGING OF THE RIFLES" [violence/war] AGZ ALLEGED US-ALLIED LED SAmer IMPERIALISM must begin???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-14 18:57|| 2008-03-14 18:57|| Front Page Top

#6 On a personal note, ANCESTRY.com > found out that several CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS [Amer Civil war] has the same FAMILY LAST NAME AS MINE [Mendiola].

WELL WHADDAYA KNOW, RB, THE GUY FROM GUAM IS A "JOHNNY REB/GRAY"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-14 19:06|| 2008-03-14 19:06|| Front Page Top

#7 "Nail them to the wall. Put them out of business with lawsuits."

trial lawyers to the rescue . . . everybody likes 'em when they needs 'em

Posted by ex-lib 2008-03-14 19:11|| 2008-03-14 19:11|| Front Page Top

#8 EINNEWS OP-ED > TRACY DOVE - THE FARC IS A POST COLD WAR SUCCESS STORY; + JAPAN TODAY > ECUADOR'S CORREA TELLS BUSH: SEND US YOUR TROOPS OR "SHUT UP". 'Tis NOT US troops getting killed or fighting at the Ecuadorian border regions.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-14 20:56|| 2008-03-14 20:56|| Front Page Top

#9 #6 Joe - Welcome to the Sunny South! :-D

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