Modesta Briones - Photo by Lou Dematteis
As many of you know, there is lawsuit that has been going on for over 16 years to get Chevron to own up and clean up its toxic legacy in Ecuador. The lawsuit is on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorean people who are suffering and dying because of Chevron’s refusal to the do the right thing.
The legal team working on behalf of the impacted people in Ecuador has a great blog called The Chevron Pit which is a great source of information about the case, Chevron, and the people seeking justice.
They’ve just launched a powerful new series featuring the first of many personal stories about how the oil contamination left behind by Texaco has impacted the people living near the oil company’s former oil sites. Chevron purchased Texaco in 2001.
The first story is about Modesta Briones, who passed away not long after she and her husband, Segundo Salinas, gave an interview to author Lou DeMatteis for his book Crude Reflections.
The story and images are powerful, and as they say, speak so much louder than words. Every year that Chevron does not clean up Ecuador more people will get sick and die. We can, and we must, Change Chevron
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Chevron make a terrible mess in Ecuador the world court to be punished this company as an advise for the other oil companies!
Comment by Peter02/05/10 at 11:22 am
I remember a documetary on this situation and while I am not familiar with the details of this lawsuit it seems to me that the country of Ecuador should complain about this issue and more pressure can be brought to bear by pursuing this matter as a legal as well as a State matter. As a state matter it can also be brought to the floor of the U.N. Now it may be naieve of me to assume the government of Ecuador will join with it’s citizenry because when The money that Cheveron has even the goovernment of Ecuador will respond unfavorably. International corporations and their money which equals power is the problem worldwide even in America. After a long protracted struggle monetary compensation and a true effort to clean -up the mess is all that can be expected. If more coutries hold these big international corporations liable there will be nowhere they can go with this because all they understand is MONEY. YOU MUST HIT THEIR BOTTOM LINE!!
Comment by Leo Marquez02/19/10 at 6:11 pm