Chiquita, the world’s largest banana company, was found guilty of funding
a murderous terrorist group in Colombia.

Now, the banana giant is trying to delay justice for victims’ families.

Let’s make this a public relations problem the company can’t ignore:
Chiquita, pay what you owe!

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John,

Chiquita, the world’s largest banana company, has blood all over its
produce. The company was found guilty of paying a paramilitary terrorist
group for “security”, but the group killed Chiquita’s workers and union
leaders.

Back in 2007, the company acknowledged funding the Autodefensas Unidas de
Colombia (AUC), and last month a federal jury in Florida accepted the
argument that this money was, in fact, to pay for the AUC’s war crimes.
However, the company is delaying justice to avoid compensating the
victims.

Instead of assisting the families devastated by its actions, Chiquita has
spent 17 years delaying the families’ court case with legal gymnastics –
and it’s planning to make them wait even longer.

This month, there will be a second trial… and the company has announced it
plans to appeal. We can’t let Chiquita get away with murder. The company’s
brand is covered with blood, and the only way it can avoid an even bigger
PR crisis is by allowing justice to be served – it’s either pay up or go
down:

[ [link removed] ]Chiquita: stop delaying justice and pay up for your crimes!

To try to secure its banana-growing regions from nearby violence, Chiquita
gave $1.7 million to the paramilitary AUC – a designated terrorist
organization – between 1997-2004. During those years, AUC murdered
thousands of innocent civilians.

Legal action forced Chiquita to admit to making these murderous payments,
leading to a criminal conviction in a U.S. court and a $25 million fine –
paid to the government. It also settled claims by the families of 6
American victims. But the families of the Colombian victims murdered by
Chiquita’s death squads got nothing.

The Ekō community was right by the families' side - we’ve successfully
fundraised for their legal case. Now they are so close to the finish line
and all we have to do is keep up the public pressure to ensure Chiquita
isn’t getting away without giving to them what is rightfully theirs:

[ [link removed] ]Chiquita: face your crimes and pay up!



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Thanks for all that you do,
Vanessa and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Justice Served: Chiquita Brands International Found Liable for
Financing Colombian Death Squads in Historic Verdict
International Rights Advocates 10 June 2024
 
[ [link removed] ]The bloody history behind the $38 million Chiquita verdict
CNN 14 June 2024

[ [link removed] ]Banana giant must compensate victims of Colombian paramilitary: US
court
Aljazeera 11 June 2024

[ [link removed] ]Chiquita funded Colombian terrorists for years. A jury now says the
firm is liable for killings.
CBS News 11 June 2024

 

 

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