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  <date>2014-03-10</date>
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    <name>Chiquita</name>
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    <name>Fyffes</name>
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  <keywords_list>Chiquita</keywords_list>
  <keywords_list>Fyffes</keywords_list>
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  <keywords_main>Fyffes</keywords_main>
  <related>
    <date>2025-07-23</date>
    <hash>254e096dadc1d43bf0996f096510779b988852c4</hash>
    <index>8</index>
    <keywords>Chiquita</keywords>
    <score>1</score>
    <slug>/feed/2025/07/23/a-specialized-court-in-antioquia-colombia-sentences-seven-former-chiquita-executives-to-135-months-in-prison-and-fines</slug>
    <text>A specialized court in Antioquia, Colombia, sentences seven former Chiquita executives to 135 months in prison and fines them COP$13.876 billion (US$3.4 million) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group. </text>
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  <related>
    <date>2024-09-23</date>
    <hash>67643c7dd404be3a97b98a16e1e07fea9dccb242</hash>
    <index>20</index>
    <keywords>banana</keywords>
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    <slug>/feed/2024/09/23/german-police-announce-that-they-found-95-kg-of-cocaine-worth-eur7-million-78-million-hidden-inside-banana-crates-in</slug>
    <text>German police announce that they found 95 kg of cocaine worth €7 million ($7.8 million) hidden inside banana crates in supermarkets across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. </text>
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  <related>
    <date>2024-06-10</date>
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    <keywords>Chiquita</keywords>
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    <slug>/feed/2024/06/10/after-17-years-of-litigation-chiquita-brands-international-is-found-liable-by-a-jury-in-united-states-federal-court-of</slug>
    <text>After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments of Colombia. </text>
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  <related>
    <date>2024-06-10</date>
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    <keywords>Chiquita</keywords>
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    <slug>/feed/2024/06/10/after-17-years-of-litigation-chiquita-brands-international-is-found-liable-by-a-jury-in-united-states-federal-court-of</slug>
    <text>After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments of Colombia. [https:--earthrights.org-media_release-colombian-victims-win-historic-verdict-over-chiquita-jury-finds-banana-company-liable-for-financing-death-squads- (EarthRights International)]Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia</text>
  </related>
  <slug>/feed/2014/03/10/irish-fruit-firm-fyffes-and-us-rival-chiquita-agree-to-combine-creating-the-world-s-largest-banana-company-in-an-all</slug>
  <sources>
    <name>BBC News</name>
    <day>10</day>
    <hash>d79e7a1e1736070a049ad7bc5f2340d362305d8d</hash>
    <month>3</month>
    <permalink>https://www.bbc.com/news/business-26511507</permalink>
    <year>2014</year>
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  <text>Irish fruit firm Fyffes and U.S. rival Chiquita agree to combine, creating the world's largest banana company in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.07 billion. </text>
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