NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to reporter Jorge Valencia about banana brand Chiquita being found liable in US courts for deaths during the... Why banana brand Chiquita was found liable for deaths ...

A federal jury in Florida has ordered Chiquita Brands International to pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia's long civil war. The jury found that Chiquita funded a ...

Armed groups have moved in to the space left by the Farc after the civil war, cutting down rainforest to control land and build thousands of kilometres of smuggling routes ...

For the past five decades, conflict in Colombia between its government, paramilitaries, and FARC rebels hiding out in the jungle have resulted in the deaths of an estimated 220,000 Colombians. Though ...

This week, a federal jury in Florida found fruit giant Chiquita Brands liable for deaths during Colombia's civil war. They ordered the company to pay the families of eight men over $38 million. The ...