Editing Coca-Cola (section)

===Colombian death-squad allegations===
{{Main|Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.}}
In July 2001, the Coca-Cola Company was sued over its alleged use of [[far-right]] [[death squads]] (the [[United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia]]) to kidnap, torture, and kill Colombian bottler workers that were linked with [[trade union]] activity. Coca-Cola was sued in a US federal court in Miami by the Colombian food and drink union [[Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de Alimentos|Sinaltrainal]]. The suit alleged that Coca-Cola was indirectly responsible for having "contracted with or otherwise directed [[paramilitary]] security forces that utilized extreme violence and murdered, tortured, unlawfully detained or otherwise silenced trade union leaders". This sparked campaigns to boycott Coca-Cola in the UK, US, Germany, Italy, and Australia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coca-Cola Accused|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 29, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/29/weekinreview/july-22-28-coca-cola-accused.html|access-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224203333/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/29/weekinreview/july-22-28-coca-cola-accused.html|archive-date=December 24, 2019|url-status=live|last1=Forero |first1=Juan }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia |title=Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants |date=July 24, 2003 |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian |access-date=February 2, 2016 |last1=Brodzinsky |first1=Sibylla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131115030/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Javier Correa, the president of Sinaltrainal, said the campaign aimed to put pressure on Coca-Cola "to mitigate the pain and suffering" that union members had suffered.<ref name="Guardian" />

Speaking from the Coca-Cola Company's headquarters in Atlanta, company spokesperson Rafael Fernandez Quiros said "Coca-Cola denies any connection to any human-rights violation of this type" and added "We do not own or operate the plants".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1448962.stm |title=Coke sued over death squad claims |date=July 20, 2001 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203134157/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1448962.stm |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>