Ecuador: The New Law of the Jungle
By: Pulitzer Center
Posted: Oct 28 08
Witnessed: 505 times
Bolivia
Environment, Indigenous peoples, Labor
corporate accountability indigenous peoples land rights, corporate social responsibility, ecuador, texaco oil
Pulitzer Center's Kelly Hearn is in Ecuador covering what has been dubbed Ecuador's Rainforest Chernobyl and it could turn out to be one of the biggest legal environmental battles ever fought. A powerful movement of indigenous peoples accuses Chevron subsidiary Texaco of dumping billions of gallons of waste into the jungle over a period of twenty years. If Chevron loses, this landmark case could raise the cost of doing business for corporations that extract resources from remote regions.
Producers:
Duncan McLean
Sean Weber-Small
Kelly Hearn
Produced by Lone Outpost, Inc. in association with Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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