Judge Kaplan Belittles Ecuadorian Plaintiffs in Chevron Pollution Suit

Posted on June 12, 2011 • Filed under: Ecuador, Oil, United States

During the 1960′s, the U.S. oil giant Texaco/Chevron established facilities in Lago Agrio, a town loaded inside the Ecuadorean jungle. In 1977, the State of Ecuador obtained a 62.5% stake in the oil field, but Texaco continued operating and profiting from the oil field. Finally, in 1992, Petroecuador (the State oil company), obtained the remaining portion of the oil operation. Read Article

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