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Article

24 Feb 2011

Author:
Megan Felt, in Latin American Bureau

Colombia: Multinational Banana Corporation Displaces Afro-Colombian Peace Communities

Since early December, hundreds of private contractors of multinational banana corporation Banacol have illegally invaded and occupied Afro-Colombian peace communities in...Curvaradó...Their actions have been supported and assisted by local paramilitaries, army soldiers and municipal governments. The peace communities’ collective territory is protected under Colombia's Constitution and protective measures under the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. According to...the Colombian human rights organization, Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz…Banacol workers are displacing vulnerable Afro-Colombian peace communities...They are also bulldozing the subsistence farmers’ crops, destroying natural habitats and contaminating waterways...The “bad-faith occupiers,” as the Curvaradó residents call them, are mainly made up of vulnerable individuals...Banacol...has pitted these vulnerable populations against one another...[also refers to Chiquita Brands Inc., Invesmar, Olinsa Inc.]

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