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World Bank is criticized for Honduran loan to a Honduran palm-oil company engaged in a violent conflict with farm workers over land tenure

by Elisabeth Malkin

MEXICO CITY — The World Bank ombudsman issued a stinging critique Friday of the bank’s private-sector arm over a loan to a Honduran palm-oil company engaged in a violent conflict with farm workers over land tenure.

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