Chevron Expects to Fight Ecuador Lawsuit in U.S.

[GamerGal]

The plaintiffs in the case, residents of Ecuador's oil-producing Amazonian rainforest, are seeking to hold Chevron responsible for environmental contamination they say was caused by Texaco, which operated in Ecuador from 1964 to 1990 and was bought by Chevron in 2001. An expert appointed by the Ecuadorian court has recommended the judge award the plaintiffs $27 billion in damages from Chevron, which would be the biggest environmental judgment against an oil company to date.
http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/107364/chevron-expects-to-fight-ecuador-lawsuit-in-us.html

Yeah, hey we destroyed the area, but we shouldn't have to pay for it!

I wonder what happens if they refuse to pay? Jail time for CEOs? Would love that!

[calliope]

I'm always amazed at how the first world rapes third world countries of all their resources....at huge profits....

And then to hear the first world countries complain about the "poverty" of the thrid world countries, and the subsequent "necessity" of limiting their populations, due to the overwhelming hunger, -- actually imposed by the first world countries[/i] -- and for the sake of the planet.....

Unbelievable to me that we strip people of all their resources and heritage, and then have the gall to blame their mere existence for the "overpopulation" ills agenda -- Which is really just an excuse to rid the planet of even more of the third world peoples, ensuring our claim to their resources and livelihood.

Modern coporate power has usurped most of warfare for the raping and pillaging of native people -- and rendered them helpless, in the face of starvation and genocide, under the auspices of international law.

[Nu Kua]

Chevron Produces Phony Online News Coverage to Spread Misinformation about Ecuador Disaster (http://chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/2009/0503-chevron-produces-phony-online-news-coverage-to-spread-misinformation-about-ecuador-disaster-.html)


To promote a misinformation campaign about its role in the oil contamination of a pristine area of the rainforest in Ecuador, Chevron recently produced a video that copies the format and style of television news shows and portrays Texaco, now owned by Chevron, as completely blameless in the dumping of billions of gallons of toxic waste into the Amazon jungle.

Chevron has bought online advertising on Google to promote the 13-minute video ahead of the airing tonight of a 60 Minutes segment, reported by Scott Pelley, that is expected to expose the company's complicity in what is considered the world's worst oil-related contamination. Chevron never reveals it paid for the video, which is designed to look like an "objective" CNN news report and is narrated by former CNN correspondent and current corporate consultant Gene Randall...

[Reef Badlaw]

I'm always amazed at how the first world rapes third world countries of all their resources....at huge profits....

And then to hear the first world countries complain about the "poverty" of the thrid world countries, and the subsequent "necessity" of limiting their populations, due to the overwhelming hunger, -- actually imposed by the first world countries[/i] -- and for the sake of the planet.....

Unbelievable to me that we strip people of all their resources and heritage, and then have the gall to blame their mere existence for the "overpopulation" ills agenda -- Which is really just an excuse to rid the planet of even more of the third world peoples, ensuring our claim to their resources and livelihood.

Modern coporate power has usurped most of warfare for the raping and pillaging of native people -- and rendered them helpless, in the face of starvation and genocide, under the auspices of international law.

-Generally. But you're assuming that a third-world-country's Government will benevolently return resource-profits back to the people, which is the problem that Nigeria is dealing-with. -Rebels punching holes in pipelines, filling whatever containers they can scrounge with spilled oil, hauling the oil away in whatever vehicles they can salvage, then selling it on the black market. Instant profit vs. slow-moving government wealth-sharing...

That said, Chevron should pay-up.

[calliope]

-Generally. But you're assuming that a third-world-country's Government will benevolently return resource-profits back to the people, which is the problem that Nigeria is dealing-with. -Rebels punching holes in pipelines, filling whatever containers they can scrounge with spilled oil, hauling the oil away in whatever vehicles they can salvage, then selling it on the black market. Instant profit vs. slow-moving government wealth-sharing...

That said, Chevron should pay-up.

Yes, you're correct; thanks for adding that facet of the issue.

Though I have to think that often, the corruption of these governments is related to the imbalance of the world's economy as well.

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Excellent article Nu Kua.