*'" A Champion of Her Sex ", W. Minto in Macmillan's Magazine, Volume LXIII, Nov. 1885 – Apr.

*'" Case Study of the JournalServer Virtual Digital Library Architecture " p. 181-in Internetworking Technologies: An Engineering Perspective By Rahul Banerjee section available at Google Books

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Chiquita Brands International and Dole Food Company now account for most Honduran banana production and exports.

The first multiple unit trainsets were bought for the introduction of the Taktfahrplan on the line Zurich – Meilen – Rapperswil in 1967: RABDe 12 / 12 " Mirage " ( 1965 ) and RABDe 8 / 16 " Chiquita " ( 1976 ).

The trademark logo mascot, " Miss Chiquita ," now Chiquita Banana, was created in 1944 by Dik Browne, who is best known for his Hägar the Horrible comic strip.

In fact, that is a condensed version of what has actually happened to United Fruit Co., famed in the U. S. for Chiquita bananas, but known to generations of Latin Americans as " el Pulpo " ( the Octopus ).

On November 29, 2011, the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee approved $ 22 million in incentives for Chiquita to move its headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina.

On March 14, 2007, Chiquita Brands was fined $ 25 million as part of a settlement with the United States Justice Department for having ties to Colombian paramilitary groups.

According to court documents, between 1997 and 2004, officers of a Chiquita subsidiary paid approximately $ 1. 7 million to the right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( AUC ), in exchange for local, employee protection in Colombia's volatile banana harvesting zone.

According to a Wall Street Journal report in 2004, outside attorneys for Chiquita notified the company that the payments violated U. S. anti-terrorism laws and should not continue.

Specifically, on December 7, 2007, " the 29th Specialized District Attorney's Office in Medellín called the board members of Chiquita to make statements concerning charges for conspiracy to commit an aggravated crime and financing illegal armed groups.

The nine of them, according to the initial data obtained by the Attorney General's Office, knew of the illegal operation through which 1. 7 million dollars were transferred to the AUC, a charge to which Chiquita has already admitted and for which the US justice system fined it 25 million dollars.

Finally, Peuples Solidaires claims that Chiquita, despite a regional agreement between the company and local unions requiring prompt investigation of grievances, has ignored certain union complaints for more than a year.

The biggest banana firm is Chiquita and the largest market for bananas is European.

* Chiquita Lauded for Human Rights Abuses by Dan Kovalik, CounterPunch, January 12, 2010

In the 1940s, he worked as an illustrator for Newsweek as well as for an advertising company, where he created the trademark logo for Chiquita.

Finally, the band printed t-shirts for the song " Chiquita Chaser " that imitated the logo of Chiquita Brands International, who threatened them with a lawsuit causing them to cease production of the shirts.

In 1972, she appeared on the screen in a publicity role for the Chiquita bananas.

When Sharmell went to the WWF for the first time, Chiquita Anderson ( Chiquita ) replaced her.

On July 29, 2011, Chiquita signed on as the new sponsor for the ride Living with the Land.

La Lima has a strong international presence with the FHIA ( Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola ) plant laboratories, known before as " La Quimica " and the American Zone ( La Zona Americana ) built by the Chiquita banana company in the 1950s in order to provide housing for its first class employees eg: President, Vice-President, Managers, Ingeneers, Agronomists.

The island is also known as Isla Chiquita (" Little Island ") and Última Virgen (" Last Virgin ", reflecting its position at the end of the Virgin islands archipelago ).

* " Our Complex History ", from the Chiquita Brands International 2000 Corporate Responsibility Report ( via Archives. org )

*" The Business and Human Rights Management Report — Chiquita Brands International ", Ethical Corporate Magazine, Nov. 2004.

*" Chiquita Brands: A Turnaround That Is Here to Stay ", Winslow Environmental News, January 2004.

After the war ended, there were 17 years of tension between the people of Cuba and the Spanish government, a time called " The Rewarding Truce ", including the Little War ( La Guerra Chiquita ) between 1879-1880.

United States multinationals Dole and Chiquita control a large portion of Honduras's agricultural exports.

A forty-two-day strike at the Tela Railroad Company ( owned by Chiquita Brands International — formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company ) was unsuccessful, however, and that defeat temporarily ended union efforts at direct confrontation.

The Honduran government and two banana companies — Chiquita Brands International and Dole Food Company — owned approximately 60 percent of Honduras's cultivable land in 1993.

The banana industry is dominated by Chiquita and Dole, two multinational corporations.

Dole Food Company and Chiquita Brands International together have invested heavily in Honduran industries as diverse as breweries and plastics, cement, soap, cans, and shoes.

In north central Argentina, Lake Mar Chiquita is supplied with its water by several rivers.

One of the world's largest salt lakes, and the second largest lake in Argentina, is Lake Mar Chiquita ( Little Sea ), located in central Argentina.

Soon she earned the nickname Chikita, after her favorite boxer, the former 2 time World flyweight champion Humberto " Chiquita " Gonzalez of Mexico.

In 2008 Verónica Castro returned to the stage with Chiquita Pero Picosa, a remake of a production in which she had appeared in the 1980s.

Companies utilizing the Port include Del Monte Foods, Chiquita, BMW, Land Rover, and Jaguar.

The United Fruit Co, now Chiquita, began shipping bananas from South America by ship to New Orleans.

The first European settlement in the area was Aqua Negra Chiquita, " Little Black Water " in Spanish, in 1865.

* Audrey Hepburn makes an early film appearance in a small role as Chiquita near the start of the film.

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In 1984, Carl Lindner, Jr. transformed United Brands into the present-day Chiquita Brands International.

In August 1984, Lindner took control of the company and renamed it Chiquita Brands International.

Although the lyrics and scenery are generic, United Fruit ( or its successor Chiquita ) was reputed to be the target.

Loma Chiquita Road also serves this general area near the Santa Cruz County line.

In Mar Chiquita lagoon, north of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Neohelice granulata herbivory increased as a likely response to the increased nutrient value of the leaves of fertilised Spartina densiflora plots, compared to non-fertilised plots.

This way, Chiquita was able to brand bananas, Starbucks could brand coffee, and Nike could brand sneakers.