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Since Burma's money is virtually worthless, according to the February 16 issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review, the profit PepsiCo makes through their sales in the country must be reinvested in Burmese produce which is then sold on the international market...
American human rights activist groups like Amnesty International and a Harvard student group, Burma Action Group, accuse PepsiCo of buying produce grown on farms which utilize forced labor...
...PepsiCo refuses to specify the farms from which it purchases produce...
...PepsiCo's bottling plant in Burma, also known as Myanmar, lies at the heart of Harvard's concern...
...letter from the Minister of Finance for the exiled democratic government, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), citing the recent withdrawal of corporations like Liz Claiborne and Levi Strauss and Co. In the letter, the minister urges HDS not to sign a contract with PepsiCo...