CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL

ABOUT CHIQUITA Cincinnati, Ohio based company Successor of United Fruit Company Producer and distributor of bananas and other fresh fruit products Fernando Aguirre

Cincinnati, Ohio based company

Successor of United Fruit Company

Producer and distributor of bananas and other fresh fruit products

Fernando Aguirre

Controversies Cincinnati Enquirer : “Chiquita Secrets Revealed” Payment to paramilitary groups Bribery : included foreign and local officials Ongoing workers rights violation

Cincinnati Enquirer : “Chiquita Secrets Revealed”

Payment to paramilitary groups

Bribery : included foreign and local officials

Ongoing workers rights violation

CHIQUITA SECRETS REVEALED Article published in the Cincinnati Enquirer Reported variety of abuses involving the company Mistreatment of the Central American workers, polluting the environment, shipment of cocaine into the United States, preventing the unionizing of workers The Cincinnati Enquire had to publish a retraction as information was illegally obtained and not proven

Article published in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Reported variety of abuses involving the company

Mistreatment of the Central American workers, polluting the environment, shipment of cocaine into the United States, preventing the unionizing of workers

The Cincinnati Enquire had to publish a retraction as information was illegally obtained and not proven

PAYMENT TO PARAMILITARY GROUPS 1989-1997 : payments were made to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia and National Liberation Army 1997-2004 : payments amounting to about $1.7 million were made to United Self Defense Forces of Columbia Payments were made in exchange for employee protection in the Columbian banana harvesting zone Case resulted in the payment of $25 million fine by the company

1989-1997 : payments were made to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia and National Liberation Army

1997-2004 : payments amounting to about $1.7 million were made to United Self Defense Forces of Columbia

Payments were made in exchange for employee protection in the Columbian banana harvesting zone

Case resulted in the payment of $25 million fine by the company

BRIBERY The company was found guilty of bribing various officials In 2001, the company was forced to pay $100,000 penalty after the Securities and Exchange commission found it guilty of bribing a foreign official in Columbia

The company was found guilty of bribing various officials

In 2001, the company was forced to pay $100,000 penalty after the Securities and Exchange commission found it guilty of bribing a foreign official in Columbia

ONGOING WORKERS’ RIGHTS ALLEGATION The company has been accused of endangering the health of its workers and their families Allegedly, the banana firm has carelessly exposed laborers at the Coyol plantation in Costa Rica to highly toxic pesticides on multiple occasions. the company is also accused of using a private militia to intimidate workers The company has also ignored certain union complaints for more than a year

The company has been accused of endangering the health of its workers and their families

Allegedly, the banana firm has carelessly exposed laborers at the Coyol plantation in Costa Rica to highly toxic pesticides on multiple occasions.

the company is also accused of using a private militia to intimidate workers

The company has also ignored certain union complaints for more than a year