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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social |
"Today, an eight-member jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found Chiquita Brands International liable for funding a violent Colombian paramilitary organization...that was responsible for major human rights atrocities during the 1990s and 2000s."
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
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True Tourtillott
@truet.bsky.social
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Can a lawyer tell me if the decision transfers liability to shareholders or holds individual corporate officers personally accountable?
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@dietwald.bsky.social
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Holy crap. Why isn't this front page news everywhere? Oh.... Right. One down, so many more to go. Hello, SHELL!
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wildmonkeysects™
@wildmonkeysects.bsky.social
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Banana Republicans, literally.
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Ozma
@rowyourbot.bsky.social
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When I tell students about this, I feel like a crazy professor. Like from ‘Life in Hell.’ It’s hard to explain certain things about periods of US history without sounding like a freak. I remember when a reporter from the Cincinnati Inquirer hacked the Chiquita phone system and discovered bribes.
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Jon Arnesen
@jonarnesen.bsky.social
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Did some weapons industry friendly lawyers have themselves a falling out with quite a few colleagues with spines intact? Or maybe it’s something in the water; it’s where Nuremberg trial junior persecutor who singlehandedly took the SS Einsatzgruppen to court, Ben Ferensz (1920-2023) lived.
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The Babe with the Power 🇺🇸🇲🇽
@babewiththepower.bsky.social
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They're just now getting to this? This was well known then and even earlier.
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Kermit D
@krmtdfrog.bsky.social
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Let's see if they pay, but this is absolutely a good step
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pockets and sedition
@yoboseiyo.bsky.social
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HELL YEAH!
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Sue Doerr
@suedoerr.bsky.social
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www.reuters.com/world/americ...
BOGOTA, June 10 (Reuters) - Chiquita Brands International must pay $38.3 million in damages to the families of eight Colombian men killed by a paramilitary group in that country, a Florida jury said on Monday.
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Potomatic
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
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The literal Banana Republic guys
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Bender Rodríguez
@plungerman.bsky.social
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i would imagine that alvaro uribe was involved.
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Kuarahy
@tekorei.bsky.social
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What did they used to be called?
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Dance: 10⁻¹, Looks: 3
@andrew3000.bsky.social
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Holy crap
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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“This historic ruling marks the first time that an American jury has held a major U.S. corporation liable for complicity in serious human rights abuses in another country,” according to a press release from EarthRights International, which represents victims in the case."
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Jono
@jonocarpenter.bsky.social
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I had forgotten these guys were one of my original hard boycots, along with Dole. Good.
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J. Thomas Son
@a4pipeproblem.bsky.social
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It's about time.
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Jackdaw
@struttingjackdaw.bsky.social
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Very appealing
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curio coded
@codecurio.bsky.social
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holy shit this has been a long time coming
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Six canning jars in a trenchcoat 𓅃
@lids.bsky.social
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This is amazing.
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@casualobserver.bsky.social
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Neal Katyal going to be their counsel at SCOTUS?
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Brett "Solidarity 2024" Banditelli
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They paid a murder squad fee and it took 17 years to get a jury and they had to take the trial outside of the country. www.piratewireservices.com/p/chiquita-b...
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Charles Dainoff
@charlesdainoff.bsky.social
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Really? Fantastic!
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