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Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum: All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador
2013-06-24 05:15:26| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who won a third term this year, has significantly improved the lives of his people, reducing poverty rates and building out infrastructure.
Chevron grills U.S. lawyer in $19 billion Ecuador pollution case
2013-04-16 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Chevron Corp on Tuesday sought to persuade a New York federal judge to punish a U.S. lawyer representing Ecuadorean villagers who won a $19 billion environmental damages award, saying the lawyer is withholding documents from the oil company. In an unusual court proceeding, a Chevron lawyer sharply questioned Steven Donziger, who represents residents of the Lago Agrio region who claim the company is responsible for contamination that sickened people in the Ecuadorean Amazon area. At issue is...
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Research Recanted in Oil Pollution Case in Ecuador
2013-04-12 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: An environmental case that has pitted Chevron against Ecuadorean Amazon villagers for two decades has taken another bizarre twist, with an American consulting firm now recanting research favorable to the villagers claims of pollution in remote tracts of jungle. The consulting firm, Stratus Consulting of Boulder, Colo., announced late Thursday that it had originally been misled by Steven R. Donziger, a lead lawyer for the Ecuadorean villagers, and had decided to disavow its contributions to scientific...
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Ecuador judge rejects bribe claims against him in Chevron case
2013-04-05 20:24:48| Energy - Topix.net
Nicolas Zambrano had been accused in a U.S. court-filed sworn statement by Alberto Guerra, a fellow judge who heard the case in Ecuador in 2003 and 2004, of taking a $500,000 bribe from the plaintiffs.
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Ecuador judge rejects bribe claims against him in Chevron case
2013-04-05 09:51:43| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Nicolas Zambrano had been accused in a U.S. court-filed sworn statement by Alberto Guerra, a fellow judge who heard the case in Ecuador in 2003 and 2004, of taking a $500,000 bribe from the plaintiffs.
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