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The Coca-Cola Case

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Posted by Jacinta Ta on Dec. 28, 2011
90 min - Documentary - 3605 Views
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Just exactly how corporations treat people, especially those in the third world. In this feature length documentary, directors German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia present a searing indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders trying to improve working conditions in Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey.
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