Bananas in the firing line as delegation visits Costa Rica

Bananas in the firing line as delegation visits Costa Rica

A delegation from Britain and Ireland leaves for Costa Rica on Wednesday (March 24) to visit banana plantations where owners, faced with declining revenues, are reported to have slashed wages by up to 40 per cent and axed 11,000 jobs in the last three years.

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