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Across the world, in Latin America, the company is guilty of a far greater crime – the pollution of vast swathes of Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest and devastation of thousands of indigenous and peasant communities in the area. The victims of Chevron have united into the “Union of those affected by the petroleum operations of Texaco-Chevron”, who have been fighting one of the longest-running legal cases for justice and compensation since 1993. Chevron bought out Texaco in 2001, thus assuming responsibility for its 28-year history of operations in the country. One of the leaders is *Pablo Fajardo* – a humble 42-year old lawyer of Cofán descent who grew up in the contaminated region and is now representing 30,000 victims of the oil giant's operations. The company has repeatedly accused him of dishonesty and greed in its publicity campaigns. *Green Left Weekly*'s *Denis Rogatyuk* spoke with Fajardo in his office in Quito, Ecuador, about the latest developments surrounding the legal case. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60984 -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
