by the greed-conceived and violence-imposed “free
trade” agreements of the Americas,
by the inherent, endless avarice of global
corporations and investors, supported all the time
by the wealth and power of rich “democratic”
nations (many being members of the exclusive and
despicable G8 club) that exploit, repress and
denigrate the “third world”, that make, prop up and
mock “banana republics”,
by the IMF, World Bank, IDB, etc. - institutions
created and dominated by those same rich,
powerful “democratic” nations.
Berta was killed …
by corporations and investors who conceive of the
world – its forests and earth, its natural resources,
its rivers, waters and air, its people and all life
forms – as exploitable and discardable objects, and
then steal, kill and destroy mightily to make their
millions and billions,
by the infamous banana monopolies (United Fruit
Company, etc.) and railway barons of the 1800s and
1900s; by the producers of African palm (World
Bank funded Dinant corporation, etc.) and
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