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PepsiCo Inc. may reexamine its policy on investing in Burma as a result of pressure by human-rights activists on college campuses across the country...
PepsiCo, which owns Taco Bell and Pizza Hut as well as Pepsi-Cola, has been widely criticized for its investments in Burma, a military dictatorship with a questionable human rights record...
Marco B. Simons '97, who chairs several student activist groups including the Burma Action Group, said he believes it is essential to bring together the "disjointed community" of student activists...
According to Berry, the decision was made in spite of the fact that Pepsi was a better financial deal because of student preference for Coke and concern over Pepsi's alleged human rights violations in Burma...
According to its president, the council adopted a "two-pronged approach" for the anti-Pepsi campaign. The council attacked Pepsi's human rights record in Burma and emphasized students' overwhelming preference for Coke...