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Article

4 Apr 2006

Author:
Constanza Vieira, Inter Press Service

Trabajo-Colombia: Juicio a Coca-Cola, Nestlé y Chiquita Brands

La primera audiencia de la sesión sobre Colombia del Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos (TPP) responsabilizó a Estados Unidos y Suiza por permitir que empresas transnacionales con sede en esos países se beneficien de la guerra en la nación andina para aumentar ganancias...El principal señalamiento del TPP contra las tres empresas [Chiquita Brands, Coca-Cola, Nestlé] es haberse involucrado en Colombia "en prácticas violatorias de los derechos humanos más elementales...[U]na preaudiencia pública en Berna, Suiza, sobre los actos de Nestlé...se le achaca haber puesto en el mercado leche en polvo vencida y de perseguir a los trabajadores sindicalizados. Esta última acusación alcanza también a Chiquita Brands y Coca-Cola. Chiquita Brands reconoció ante un tribunal estadounidense haber dado aportes a grupos paramilitares.

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Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos dice que Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Chiquita involucradas en prácticas violatorias de los derechos humanos en Colombia

Coca-Cola lawsuit (re Colombia)

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