DJPC Shares in Ecuadorean Victory!

Ecuador court case on oil

Recently Ecuadorean villagers have won a lawsuit against Chevron oil corporation for their actions in the Amazon. The Ecuadoreans, represented by Pablo Fajardo, were citing grievances against Texaco, acquired by Chevron in 1990, for polluting the environment, putting people’s lives at risk and failing to clean up their spills. The failure of Texaco to clean up its waste and instead dumping it and covering it with dirt in inhabited areas lead to the lawsuit.

After trying to go to court in the U.S. since 1990 and being sent to Ecuador in 2000, the successful result has been hard fought for. The legal team representing the Ecuadorean villagers, although happy at the award of 9 billion dollars, is currently looking into legal challenges against Chevron in other countries of Latin America and is pushing to receive a larger payout to fully pay for the damages caused to the people by Chevron’s negligent practices.

The documentary Crude: The Real Price of Oil, which focuses on these issues was presented by the Denver Justice and Peace Committee at our August 2010 Salon. At this time and throughout the fall of 2010,  DJPC members participated in the Chevron Toxico campaign which pressured Chevron’s CEO to clean up Ecuador now.

Thank you DJPC members for helping win this victory!

For more info on this story please click here: www.nytimes.com and search the following Article Titles:

Ecuadoreans plan to pursue chevron in other countries

Ecuador Judge Orders Chevron to Pay $9 Billion

For more info on the Chevron Toxico Campaign please click here: http://chevrontoxico.com/take-action/send-chevron-a-message.html

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