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Boiling Oil

ChevronTexaco faces Ecuador’s courts

By Lou Dematteis and Suzana Sawyer

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 accused of severely contaminating the surrounding region during 20 years of oil drilling and production… 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.

    United States Posted by Brian F on Nov 17, 2003 at 1:45 PM

    we were here

    United States Posted by Debby on Nov 17, 2003 at 2:01 PM

    fyi

    United States Posted by ted alvarez on Nov 18, 2003 at 11:47 AM
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