Chevron operated an oil concession in Ecuador’s rainforest from 1964 to 1992. The company admits during this time that it dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic waste in an area that was home to six indigenous nationalities — one of which is now extinct. For the last four decades, Chevron has treated Ecuador as an image problem to be managed rather than a humanitarian crisis that compels a compassionate and real solution.

When one connects Chevron’s dots in Ecuador, what emerges is a coordinated series of frauds marked by misinformation designed to deceive courts, the public, shareholders, and the financial markets. The purpose of this scheme is to avoid paying the cost of a real cleanup, and it matters not that vulnerable rainforest peoples — among them thousands of children — have died or suffer grievously as a result.

  • This is Justin with Chevron Corporation. The facts are clear. Texaco remediated the sites the company was responsible for prior to leaving and received a full release of any further liability from the Government of Ecuador in 1998 as well as from numerous community leaders. Chevron is not responsible for the current conditions in the Oriente- that responsibility lies legally and morally with the Government of Ecuador and its state owned oil company Petroecuador. The case against Chevron in Ecuador is nothing more than a shakedown of an American company by the U.S. trial lawyers bankrolling this suit. For those interested in reading more on the case we encourage you to visit: www.chevron.com/ecuador and www.theamazonpost.com
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