Chiquita Banana: Tales of “The Octopus”

You may have read here (and here) before about U.S. corporations’ shady dealings with Colombian paramilitaries. The next issue of Virginia Quarterly Review (edited by Mother Jones‘ contributing writer Ted Genoways) includes an excellent piece by Philip Robertson on Chiquita’s dark history in the Colombian banana business. The new VQR doesn’t come out until next week, but you can read an electronic version of Robertson’s piece here.