On November 26, 2010, a public fight broke out between FIJI Water, a popular supplier of premium bottled water owned by a private US company, and the government of Fiji, led by its prime minister and military commander, Frank Bainimarama.1 Since 2006, following a successful coup d’état, Bainimarama had ruled Fiji as a military dictatorship. His administration had been accused of financial mismanagement, tax evasion, bribery, and nepotism, perpetuated by a lack of proper government checks and balances. Moreover, reports alleged that the prime minister and his finance minister had ...
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