Huge Coca-Cola operation under fire
(NEWSER) - Swaziland's dictator keeps on going, thanks in part to support from Coca-Cola, activists are charging. King Mswati III has long been accused of human rights abuses and of looting the national treasury. Coca-Cola owns a large concentrate manufacturing plant in Swaziland, and has hosted trips by Mswati to its Atlanta headquarters, reports the Guardian . The coordinator of the Swaziland Democracy Campaign is calling on Coke to pull out of the country. "Coca-Cola must know they're doing business with the wrong people," she said. "At the end of the day it doesn't benefit the economy in any way. Their profits don't help the average Swazi, while the king is getting richer by the day." The leader of the impoverished country has 13 wives and a personal fortune of some $100 million. More»
