Documents Reveal Chevron's Changing Tune In Ecuador Rainforest Destruction Case

[Judi Lynn]

Documents Reveal Chevron's Changing Tune In Ecuador Rainforest Destruction Case
First Posted: 03/17/11 03:32 PM Updated: 03/17/11 03:32 PM

New documents uncovered in the ongoing legal battle over Chevron/Texaco’s destruction of the Ecuadorian rainforest show that, while Chevron recently labeled the guilty verdict and $18 billion fine leveled against its Texaco unit by an Ecuadorian court as “illegitimate and unenforceable,” it was in fact the oil company that lobbied fiercely to have the case moved out of U.S. courts to the Ecuadorian justice system.

DeSmogBlog has reviewed corporate memos, letters and records of meetings documenting the oil giant’s efforts to have the case moved from New York - where it was originally filed by the plaintiffs - to Ecuador, where the company hoped to use its influential connections within the government at the time to have the case dismissed.

Further, Chevron’s accusation that the plaintiffs conspired with Ecuadorian judicial and government officials is quizzical in light of the documents revealing that, in fact, it was the oil company’s representatives who held ethically questionable meetings with government officials.

While the plaintiffs in the case did meet with Ecuadorian government officials, they did so to report a crime - the falsification of a remediation agreement based on test samples taken at the so-called “remediated” sites during the trial.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/chevron-ecuador-trial-documents_n_837261.html

[naaman fletcher]

1. dumbasses

What does any thing the chances are that Chevron will ever pay a dime?

[subsuelo]

2. huh?