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Eliminate the "NAFTA" agreements and STOP BUYING PRODUCE FROM THE IDIOTS......PERIOD...
I can now see blood dripping from their Bananas in the stores in my minds eye.- Reply to this comment
- %u201CEither you pay or your people get killed.%u201D
So when you pay, the resistance gets killed, either way, someone will die for your bananas.
Or you can pull out, and get bananas elsewhere. - Reply to this comment
- "Colombian Paramilitaries Landed A U.S. Corporation In Hot Water"
Again blame it on the people who have been corrupted by centuries of European and US hegemony.
The "language of death" was taught to them as it was the only language spoken in answer to those who resisted colonialism.
Had Chiquita pulled out, perhaps we would have a greater variety of bananas in the US due to varied sources, and there would have been no need to hire mercs to murder the resistance, there would not have been any. - Reply to this comment
- Why don''t they also go after those who supply weapons to these people? Who are the gun manufacturers? Hmmmm? How interesting that they want to chop at the banana people who were getting no help from anyone, but the gun manufacturers and suppliers became pretty wealthy off the blood of campesinos...and not a word.
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- Thank you, CBS, for airing this!
It''s about time some of these multi-national corporations received press on this. Coca - Cola, Nike, and more need to be held accountable for this. But people need to know so they can put pressure on these companies as well.
Great job - THANK YOU!
~Mary, Chicago - Reply to this comment
- Gce65:"Isn''''t Chiquita just a successor to United Fruit Co, the old monopoly that''''s enslaved millions and killed tens of thousands across Latin America to maintain their power?"
Yes it is, and in 1929 the Colombian army massacred more than 3000 workers during an strike of the TroCo union. Today the paramilitaries kill union members in Colombia every month. History in Colombia is circular. - Reply to this comment
- Very good article. I have some annotations. First, paramilitaries were right from the beginning supported by drug dealers, including Pablo Escobar. Drug dealers were joined by landowners, bussinessmen, and even some members of Colombian army. Very poweful people has had ties with paramilitaries.For example, many allies of current president, Alvaro Uribes, have been shown to have ties with paramilitaries. About 100 Congressmen, most of them of Uribe''s parties, are now in jail or investigated because of their ties with paramilitaries. The conclussion of many Colombians today is that paramilitaries conquered power through current president Alvaro Uribe. The bad thing is that Bush''s goverment has supported Uribe because Uribe supported fiercely Irak''s war, and because Uribe is opposed to the "left" wave in the continent (Chavez, etc). The good news is that US Democrats are finally paying close attention to what is going on inside Colombia, and they have used the proposed free-trade US-Colombia deal to push Uribe to improve human right conditions in Colombia.
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- "damages our reputation throughout Latin America."
Posted by andylance1 at 10:35 PM
Your way too funny. As if we had a good reputation down there to begin with. - Reply to this comment
- Since 1997, The USA has sent 603.4 million to Colombia for military and police assistance and 751.3 million to Colombia for economic and social assistance.
This financial aid to the Colombian government has been extremely effective in stopping the terrorists of FARC and the para-military forces. The city of Medellin, once known as the murder capital of the world, now has fewer homicides than Washington, D.C.
What is most puzzling is that Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership is against the trade agreement with Colombia. Pelosi has said she is concerned about the treatment of Colombian workers and labor union leftists say they are troubled by the assassination of trade unionists even though the killings have dropped dramatically in recent years. All this does is give Hugo Chavez a big boost, hurts our relationship with Colombia and damages our reputation throughout Latin America. - Reply to this comment
- Isn''t Chiquita just a successor to United Fruit Co, the old monopoly that''s enslaved millions and killed tens of thousands across Latin America to maintain their power?
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