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January 14, 2009


Colombia Coffee Growers Spare Peters

A federation of Colombian coffee growers has called off their threat of a lawsuit aimed towards cartoonist Mike Peters, and accepts his apology and explanation that a cartoon that conflated Colombia coffee and organized crime was meant in good humor. The group had released word last week that they were on the verge of doing this, which a few sources had taken to mean they already had. As far as I know, no suit was actually filed.
 
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