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Economy & Business - March 2007
BUSINESS: What the Chiquita Brands scandal means
The US banana trading company, Chiquita Brands, confessed in mid-March to providing funding for the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC). The big question is whether the Colombian judiciary has the time or the inclination to investigate further links involving hundreds of Colombian businesses and several multinationals.
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- ECUADOR: Budget gets through congress
- PERU: Tax collection rising
- Growth slumps
- Better than expected
- ARGENTINA: Economy grows by 8.5% in 2006
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- URUGUAY: The problems of de-dollarising
- COSTA RICA: Dollar likely to rise
- CUBA: Government blames administrative problems
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- EL SALVADOR: IMF endorses Saca's policies
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- OIL: Pemex admits deepwater disappointments in Mexico
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- BUSINESS: What the Chiquita Brands scandal means
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- What the Chiquita Brands scandal means