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 Wins Raves for Outstanding Sustainability Reporting ", Greenbiz. com, April 3, 2003

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

Just before the banana industry's largest strike in 1954, approximately 35, 000 workers held jobs on the banana plantations of the United Fruit Company ( later United Brands Company, then Chiquita Brands International ) or the Standard Fruit Company ( later brought by Castle and Cook, then Dole Food Company ).

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

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

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

* From Arbenz to Zelaya: Chiquita in Latin America-video report by Democracy Now!

* Mississippi's African American Shape Note Tradition article by Chiquita Walls

* From Árbenz to Zelaya: Chiquita in Latin America-video report by Democracy Now!

Chiquita was formerly controlled by Cincinnati businessman Carl H. Lindner, Jr., whose majority ownership of the company ended as a result of Chiquita Brands International exiting a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 19, 2002.

1940s vocalist Patti Clayton was the original 1944 voice of Chiquita Banana, followed by Elsa Miranda, June Valli and Monica Lewis.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. is the final name in a long list of companies whose ultimate origin was the United Fruit Company, formed in 1899 by the merging of the Boston Fruit Company and various fruit exporting concerns controlled by Minor C. Keith.

On May 3, 1998, The Cincinnati Enquirer published an eighteen-page section, " Chiquita Secrets Revealed " by Enquirer investigative reporters Michael Gallagher and Cameron McWhirter.

In 1998, a coalition of social activist groups, led by EUROBAN ( European Banana Action Network ), itself a coalition of labor and environmental groups, chose to target the banana industry in general and Chiquita in particular to create a new climate of corporate social responsibility.

Several authors have denounced human rights violations committed by the United Fruit Company ( now Chiquita ).

* CounterPunch, 17 July 2009, From Arbenz to Zelaya: Chiquita in Latin America with video report by Democracy Now!

* Chiquita ( song ), a song by Sam H. Stept

United Brands was taken over by Chiquita Brands International, Cincinnati in the 1980s and owns the largest fleet of banana boats in the world, but none of them now sail under the US flag.

* From Arbenz to Zelaya: Chiquita in Latin America-video report by Democracy Now!

As customers walk through a path of aisles, they are greeted by different employees dressed up in costumes and by animatronic favorites such as Twinkie the Kid, the Chiquita banana, and Clover, a cow's head that moos when one pulls its rope.

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

Lauded as a hero by the Neapolitan court, Nelson was later to dabble in Neapolitan politics and become the Duke of Bronté, actions for which he was criticised by his superiors and his reputation suffered.

Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress.

Lauded with numerous international design awards for his creative output, he worked in a variety of styles, including modern, Victorian, and Georgian.