Chevron Runs from Judgment in Ecuador

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
by Greg Palast - Exclusive for Truth-out.org

Chevron petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit.

Part One - Ecuador- Rumble in the Jungle


Part 2- Ecuador- Rumble in the Jungle

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[gman]

You gotta love these scumbags (not). First they were pressing for the case to be tried in Ecuador as they thought they could buy off the Ecuadorian lawyers. When they found themselves facing someone who could not be bought because he remembered where he had personally come from, they are now claiming that the Ecuadorian justice system is corrupt and untrustworthy.