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muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts) Tue Dec 17, 2013, 09:10 PM Dec 2013

Lago Agrio: Ecuadorians can seek Chevron damages in Canada

Source: BBC

A group of Ecuadorian Indians can seek enforcement of a $9.5bn (£5.8bn) judgement against petrol giant Chevron in the Canadian courts, an Ontario appeals court has ruled.

Ecuadorian courts awarded the damages in 2011 and 2013 after the villagers sued over 18 years of pollution of the Amazon jungle in the Lago Agrio region.

Chevron has refused to pay, arguing the judgement was obtained through bribery.

Chevron is expected to appeal against the ruling to the Supreme Court.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25425784

An interesting international development.

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Lago Agrio: Ecuadorians can seek Chevron damages in Canada (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 OP

"the judgement was obtained through bribery"?? No. no... Peace Patriot Dec 2013 #1

Peace Patriot

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1. "the judgement was obtained through bribery"?? No. no...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 08:20 AM

Dec 2013

...the POLLUTION was obtained through bribery, back when creepy, greedy rightwingers were in charge of Ecuador!

Gawd. Chevron has some nerve (and lots and lots of high-priced lawyers to make things up)!

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