Chevron Whistleblower Leaks ‘Smoking Gun’ in Case of Ecuadorian Oil Spill
Published on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer In what...
Read MorePublished on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer In what...
Read Moreoil giant Chevron went to court in New York this week to try to escape paying $19 billion in damages in Ecuador
Read MoreFollowing their guilty sentence for the dumping of 18.5bn gallons of toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Chevron is amassing the personal information of the environmentalists and attorneys who fought against them in an effort to prove ‘conspiracy.’
Read MoreEcuador indicated its offer of ‘human rights assistance’ to the US could be used to help address its recent problems with torture, illegal executions, and the attack on the privacy of its citizens.
Read Moredefenders of international law say the US is acting the bully as it scrambles to locate and gain custody of the 30-year-old NSA whistleblower.
Read MoreChevron is trying to play themselves off as the victim here, which is quite extraordinary, of course— and one of the extraordinary things here is that Chevron fought for years, actually, to have the jurisdiction moved from the United States to Ecuador
Read MoreShanley Geddry explains two reasons today’s youth appreciate Wikileaks
Read MoreChevron acquired Texaco in 2001 and claims that all contamination was mitigated prior to 1992. Plaintiffs are seeking $113 billion in compensation
Read MoreWikileaks Cablegate reveals Ecuador was denied aid for refusing to sign the Copenhagen accord.
Read MoreEcuador, long a victim of resource extraction schemes and corporate malfeasance, has offered a ‘no questions asked’ asylum to the founder of the whistle blower site, Wikileaks.
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