“For years, the conglomerate paid off Colombian militias. So it’s no wonder the company is now furiously lobbying to stop a bill that would make it easier to sue terror financiers.
Washington makes for strange alliances—and even stranger enemies. But this could wind up being the oddest confrontation of all. Chiquita, the world’s largest banana producer, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to block a 9/11 victims’ bill, The Daily Beast has learned. And outraged supporters of the legislation accuse a senior lawmaker, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, of working with the fruit kings to stand in their way.
According to Congressional lobbying disclosures, Chiquita has spent some $780,000 over the past year and a half lobbying against the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a bill conceived of and supported by a group of 9/11 victims and families to aid their claims against actors who supported the terrorist attacks.”
Read the EXCLUSIVE from Tim Mak at The Daily Beast here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/03/exclusive-chiquita-is-blocking-a-9-11-victims-bill.html
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) of The Young Turks break down this amazing story. Does this story surprise you? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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I don’t want to make excuses for anybody, but as a Colombian I unfortunately know how autodefensas groups work killing people is the don’t paid they monthly “vacuna” and the base the amount the have to paid depending in how successful the business is