Title: Chiquita Brands International - Wikipedia
Headings: Chiquita Brands International
Chiquita Brands International
Contents
History
Restructuring
Acquisition
Operations
Logo
Criticism
Monopolistic practices
Cincinnati Enquirer charges
Payments to foreign terrorist groups
Workers' rights
Environmental issues
See also
References
Further reading
Media
External links

Content: In 1980, Chiquita was an official sponsor of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. In 1984, Cincinnati investor Carl Lindner, Jr. became the controlling investor in United Brands. In 1990, the company renamed itself Chiquita Brands International, as it undertook major investments in Costa Rica. However, the company began to see a decline in Honduran operations during the first half of 1990. As a result, Chiquita initiated the "Banana Wars" with rival company Fyffes over the limited banana supply. Chiquita began illegally seizing and destroying Fyffes' shipments, as well as bribing judges to validate detention orders on Fyffes' ships. This culminated in the destruction of ten million dollars worth of produce. Fyffes manager Ernst Otto Stalinski alleged that Chiquita used a falsified arrest warrant in a kidnapping attempt, and he filed suit several times. In 1993, the company was hit by European tariffs on the import of Latin American bananas. In 1994, some Chiquita farms were certified by the Rainforest Alliance's Better Banana Project as being environmentally friendly.