Though it fails to mention Chiquita’s long and bloody history in Colombia, the CBS News program’s report – which aired on May 11 – detailing the banana giant’s payments to terrorist groups in Colombia, and the consequences of those payments, is remarkably hard-hitting, and features a sit-down interview with Chiquita CEO Fernando Aguirre, who – to me – dodges a lot of questions. The big scoop here are accusations from a jailed Colombian terrorist that Dole and Fresh Del Monte also made payments.
What do you think? Is the report fair? Is Chiquita ducking responsibility?
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman 
Am I supposed to believe that this company didnt leave because it was concerned about the lives of the workers? lol. They were paying the people who killed them and making huge profits!!!! How stupid do they think we are? BTW, I linked to your NYT OP-Ed piece on my blog.
Is Chiquita ducking responsibility? No doubt about it! I like how he says, “I don’t know what happened during that period.” HA! Yeah right. What a politician response. I also like that as soon as Chiquita “found out” that things were going ary they immediately sold their Columbian subsidiaries as if to say, “Oh, thats someone else’s problem now.” In the name of profits, you know? Thanks for the post.