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Ecuador's Black Plague
By: WITNESS Media Archive
Posted: Apr 29 09
Witnessed: 1631 times
Regions: Ecuador
Issues: Corporations and human rights
Running Time: 4:24 min
In 1993, Ecuadorian plaintiffs representing 30,000 indigenous people and farmers filed a class-action lawsuit against Texaco in U.S. Court, Maria Aguinda vs. Texaco. The case was the first environmental lawsuit ever filed in the U.S. by foreign plaintiffs alleging that a U.S. oil corporation violated the law of nations by causing pollution abroad. WITNESS partner, Amazon Watch, produced the documentary "Ecuador's Black Plague" in an effort to educate the public about Texaco's toxic legacy in the Ecuadorian Amazon and to gain more support in pressuring ChevronTexaco to clean up the mess it left in the Amazon.
Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial development-oil and gas pipelines, power lines, roads, and other mega-projects.
©2002, Amazon Watch / WITNESS
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