Via our friends at Race to the Bottom, a blog that should be on your daily reading list. And for the background on how the banana kings got hooked up with enemies of the state, try our past coverage of the story here and here.

-- MDT

Labels: Chiquita, Freelance Security, RBDs, terrorism

Really interesting piece from Portfolio magazine on Chiquita Banana's apparent association with Columbian death squads. Congress is looking in to the company's conduct and may charge some Chiquita executives as individuals when it comes down to who approved payments to these, essentially terrorist, RBDs (really bad dudes). Read on right here. See also this Chiquita company timeline. for a window into the company's somewhat shady history.

-- MDT

Labels: Chiquita, RBDs, terrorism