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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation ab urbe condita (from the founding of the city [of Rome, traditionally regarded as 753 BC])
- abbreviation anno urbis conditae (in the year from the founding of the city [of Rome, traditionally regarded as 753 BC])
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Beginning under his tenure, Chiquita executives paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (known by the Spanish acronym AUC), which is described by George Washington University's National Security Archive as an "illegal right-wing anti-guerrilla group tied to many of the country's most notorious civilian massacres."
Eschaton 2008
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According to the Justice Department, the payments "were reviewed and approved by senior executives" of Chiquita, who knew by no later than September 2000 "that the AUC was a violent, paramilitary organization."
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Beginning under his tenure, Chiquita executives paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (known by the Spanish acronym AUC), which is described by George Washington University's National Security Archive as an "illegal right-wing anti-guerrilla group tied to many of the country's most notorious civilian massacres."
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Beginning under his tenure, Chiquita executives paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (known by the Spanish acronym AUC), which is described by George Washington University's National Security Archive as an "illegal right-wing anti-guerrilla group tied to many of the country's most notorious civilian massacres."
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According to the Justice Department, the payments "were reviewed and approved by senior executives" of Chiquita, who knew by no later than September 2000 "that the AUC was a violent, paramilitary organization."
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The official line is that the AUC is a right wing group fending off the leftist FARC guerrillas.
Leo W. Gerard: Bush Administration Welcomed Colombian Free Trade Envoy with Terrorist Ties 2008
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In the volatile farming region of Colombia, the company indirectly paid the united self-defense forces known as AUC to protect Chiquita workers.
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The AUC is a right wing paramilitary group that is accused of drug smuggling and involvement in some of Colombia's many massacres.
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The AUC is a violent, right-wing paramilitary organization supported by the Colombian army.
Chiquita's hundred year history in Colombia Abhay N 2007
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Others allege they themselves were seriously injured by the AUC, which is accused of carrying out massacres during Colombia's long-running guerrilla war before it began disarming in 2003.
Insurance Journal 2010
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