SocraticGadfly: ChevronTexaco charged with environmental fraud in Ecuador

September 14, 2008

ChevronTexaco charged with environmental fraud in Ecuador

ChevronTexaco, predictably, claims its being framed. Rather, it seems another Latin American government is finding more assertiveness against Yanqui business imperialism.

Beyond that, a lawyer for Ecuador says the government isn’t involved in any civil tort litigation against Chevron, only the fraud charges against two Chevron lawyers for allegedly trying to perpetrate an environmental cover-up.

The civil case stems from pre-merger Texaco's drilling activity in the Ecuadorean portion of the Amazon.

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