THE SECRET ACCOUNTS OF A

BANANA ENCLAVE

(complete magazine, 83 pages, 1999)

INTRODUCTION AND MEMBERS (2 pages)

CONTENT

Part 1 (22 pages)

"THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF

BANANA PLANTATIONS IN COSTA RICA"

"THE HISTORY OF THE FORO EMAUS: A GRASS ROOTS AND ECUMENICAL STRUGGLE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIFE"

"REPRESSION IN THE ATLANTIC ZONE OF COSTA RICA"

Part 2 (15 pages)

"THE MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY OF EUROBAN: OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEMS AROUND THE BANANA INDUSTRY"

"SAD RECORD FOR LIMON: BANANAS THAT POISON"

"TWO ECONOMIES COME FACE TO FACE:

BANANA PLANTATIONS TRANSFORM THE LANDSCAPE"

Part 3 (22 pages)

"THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPHYXIATION OF THE WORKERS:

TRAPPED WITHOUT EXIT?"

"A PHENOMENON OF OUR TIMES: THE LIFE OF MIGRANTS"

"THE STRUGGLE OF THE WOMEN OF LIMON:

FROM SILENCE TO WAILING"

"TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS

AGAINST THE PEOPLE: THE STRUGGLE OF SARA DE BATAAN"

Part 4 (20 pages)

"A PRODUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR A NEW BEGINNING:

THE ORGANIC BANANA"

"THE CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS:

NATIONAL AGENCIES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED"

"NEW SOCIAL FUND RENDERS FRUITS:

QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BANANA PLANTATION ZONES"