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...these domestic ills are not enough, Texaco also maintains operations in Burma, whose repressive military government has come under heavy fire in recent years. In fact, last year when former Director of Dining Services Michael P. Berry decided to remain with Coca-Cola instead of switching to Pepsi, part of his rationale was Pepsico's involvement in Burma. (And the loss of this $1,000,000 contract became part of Pepsico's subsequent decision to partially divest from the Asian country...
...company maintains operations in Burma, a country with a documented history of human rights violations...
...Corporation committee abstained on a proposal to request that Texaco terminate operations in Burma until prisoners are released and the democratically-elected government is restored to power...
According to Simons, the Burma Action Group and other Boston-area groups plan to meet with the city council and to lobby President Bill Clinton...
Clinton recently signed legislation authorizing him to prohibit new businesses from investing in Burma if SLORC continues to engage in its repression of democracy activists...