In Colombia today is a peace process going on between the terrorists of the narco terrorist groups FARC and the government. For the Armed forces is difficult to understand that the government is negotiating with the FARC‚ while this narco-guerrilla has continued hitting the country‚ they are still killing soldiers‚ civil population and drug trafficking. Since 1945‚ this group has committed a lot of massacres against the civil population‚ they have been drug trafficking worldwide‚ and also they
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Colombia‚ a republic in South America‚ its in the northwestern part of the continent‚ and bounded on the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea‚ on the east by Venezuela and Brazil‚ on the south by Peru and Ecuador‚ and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia is the only country of South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The total land area of the country is 1‚141‚748 sq km (440‚831 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Bogotá. "The distinguishing topographical
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Presentation of the city Medellin is the second-largest city in Colombia; it is situated in the Antioquia region near the Andes in South America. In 2012‚ the population was 2‚7 million of inhabitants but with the metropolitan area of Medellin‚ the population was more than 3‚5 million people. Medellin is not the capital of the country – it is Bogota. During the 19th century‚ Medellin was a dynamic commercial center‚ first exporting gold‚ then producing and exporting coffee. The Medellin
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Chiquita in Columbia I. Overview of the Issue In 1997‚ executives at Chiquita Brands Banadex were faced with a very serious ethical dilemma‚ which would severely impact the future of the company. The executives were confronted by the leader of one of the most powerful terrorist groups in the state of Columbia and the company had a significant choice to make; Chiquita could pay the terrorist group a penny for every dollar of bananas exported in return for the safety of their employees or they
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During the 1970 and 1990’s‚ Colombia experienced the worst time in all its history. It was the time when Pablo Escobar was alive‚ making society and the government feared from his actions. It’s not a lie to say Escobar‚ made Colombia one of the most dangerous places in the world. Killing Pablo written by Mark Bowden is an investigative- journalism narrative‚ telling the story about the fast rise and fierce fall of one of the wealthiest‚ most violent and dominant criminal in all time. The author
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"And the death of people was as it has always been: as if nobody died‚ nothing like stones that fall on the earth‚ or water on the water" Pablo Neruda The FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) is the most powerful terrorist group in Colombia. It was formed in 1964 by the two communist leaders Manuel Marulanda (known as Tirofijo)‚ and Jacobo Arenas. The mission of this group was to fight against social and economical inequalities. They have used sabotage and terrorism to generate fear in
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1. What is? Chiquita is a banana production company established in United States‚ grows their Banana in Colombia. The main ethical issue is that‚ Chiquita involvement in payment to terrorist organization in Colombia. Stakeholder analysis Top level management – that is CEO of the company who owns the power‚ Pays money to the terrorist organization for the protection of company’s employees working in outsource country. Employees / families of employees –due to urgency‚ employees are working in those
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Case Analysis Outline Case Name: Chiquita Brands International SECTION 2 Industry Analysis: Tools for assessing opportunities and threats in the industry (task) environment. Porter’s 5 Forces Driving Industry Competition: 1. Threat of New Entrants It has proved to be difficult for new companies to enter the banana industry. Therefore‚ there is no strong threat of new entrants into the market. This is due to several factors and entry barriers that exist. These include: a. Banana industry
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Armed Forces of Colombia The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party that was formed in 1964 after Castro’s Cuban revolution. FARC’s ideological goal is to overthrow the democratic government of Colombia and replace it with a Communist regime. The group supports Marxist-Leninist theory of redistribution of wealth by seizing it from the wealthy and giving it to the poor. Also‚ FARC opposes U.S. influence in Colombia‚ the privatization
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INTRODUCTION The past fifty years in Colombia have been dominated by the struggle between the government and an organization named Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) or better known as the FARC. Founded in 1964 the FARC was created as a military wing of the Colombian Communist Party to overthrow the government and prevent them from industrializing Colombia (“Revolutionary”). The Colombian government planned to industrialize the country and rebuild
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