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  „Autonomous cooperative members find themselves under constant attack by state and federal government forces. Since early 1995, beginning with the military invasion in the Lacandon and continuing with the on-going counter-insurgency warfare now underway in many areas of the Jungle and Highlands regions, organizations autonomous of the official party line and their physical structures suffer recurring attacks. This has created a variety of serious, unexpected obstacles to any kind of consistent development plans in the communities. However, the members have not been dissuaded from their organizational nor economic goals.“

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  „The world's coffee prices go up and down, depending partly on supply and demand and speculation by big investors. But these farmers are stuck in poverty. They sell their beans to local businessmen whom they derisively call 'coyotes,' and the coyotes pay them less than 50 cents per pound.“

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  „The coffee will sell for $11.45 a bag. Peet's has already started selling its own line of fair trade coffee for $10.95. Equal Exchange sells its coffee for $8.99. Equal Exchange is the only company at which 100 percent of the coffee meets fair trade standards.“

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  „Timothy's president Becky McKinnon says the company has sampled many cups over the years, but are just not satisfied with the quality. Furthermore, Ms. McKinnon says, "to the degree that we can trace it back and figure it out, the coffees that we are buying are as fairly traded as we can identify."“

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