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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Did indigenous people lose their homes to keep your Coke and Pepsi sweet?

I can sanctimoniously strut around because I drink diet Coke..

It should be noted that Coke and Pepsi both deny using sugar from the sugar mills in the item that are appropriating land:
Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a major new report.

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among the companies criticised by Oxfam for their links to land disputes, with the charity alleging that nearly 800 large-scale land deals by foreign investors have seen 33 million hectares taken into corporate ownership globally since 2000.

More at THE INDEPENDENT  

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