Lago Agrio, Ecuador—High-level corporate lawyers from ChevronTexaco sat in the same packed muggy courtroom as bare-breasted Amazonian men and women on October 21, the start of what the national media referred to as The Trial of the Century. In this ramshackle Amazonian town, ChevronTexaco stands [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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How could anyone in their right mind defend such blatent and unadulterated pollution and neglect? It is obvious to anyone with half a brain that ChevronTexaco, one of the most influential contributors to the Bush administration, is wholly responsible to the people of Ecuador and the world to clean up the mess they have left behind. I just hope the plantiffs in this case aren’t found dead before they can testify against these evil, greedy profitteers.
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