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Ecuador: The Tribes Vs. Chevron-Texaco
By: PulsoLatino
Posted: Nov 5 09
Witnessed: 1621 times
Regions: Ecuador, United States
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Discrimination, Environment, Food & health & development, Impunity, Indigenous peoples, Minorities, Poverty, Water
Tags: alien tort, corporate accountability, corporations, Crude, environmental justice, joe berlinger, lawsuit, oil, Pablo Fajardo
Thousands of people representing Ecuador's indigenous tribes are suing Chevron-Texaco over the pools of toxic wastewater the company left behind. Following Chevron-Texaco's 30 years of profit from indigenous lands and resources, the tribes are seeking 27.3 billion dollars from the California-based corporation for the clean-up. We talk with Joe Berlinger about his new film on the case, Crude, and with Amazon Watch about the worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl. But Chevron-Texaco is not the only problem for the indigenous communities of Ecuador; the native population is taking to the streets, demanding a seat at the negotiating table with the government in order to contest other proposed developments on their territories.
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