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Amazon Defense Coalition
Amazon Defense Coalition: Chevron Abusing Courts to Delay Judgment In $27 Billion Environmental Suit, Amazon Leaders Say
March 8th, 2009
Trying to make good on its promise of a “lifetime of litigation” for indigenous groups in the Amazon, Chevron is using fraudulent tactics to delay an Ecuadorian trial court from reaching a decision on a record $27 billion in environmental damages, lawyers for local residents say. “Facing overwhelming evidence of that they caused a massive human rights violation, Chevron is engaged in an absolute judicial fraud in Ecuador to keep the trial going to avoid paying a judgment,” said Pablo Fajardo, the lawyer for 30,000 Amazonian residents filed the case in 1993. “The company has gone rogue and thousands of innocent people are the victims.” “Chevron does...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-03-08)
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