PRESS KIT (JAN 2009)

This press kit provides background and updated information on the trial against Chevron by 30,000 rainforest residents in the landmark legal case entitled Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco

Attached are:

1.  Executive Summary
2.  Key Questions and Answers
3.  Detailed Background . The lawsuit is the biggest of its kind ever brought against a US corporation
     with Chevron facing a huge $27 billion clean-up.
4.  Top Ten Lies of Chevron (short version)
5.  Top Ten Lies of Chevron (detailed version)

For more information please contact:

Karen Hinton: (703) 798-3109 - karen@hintoncommunications.com

 

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Purveyors of Chevron's Fraud

Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES

"Children all over the world get cancer"

Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES

CHEVRON ATTORNEY UNDER INDICTMENT FOR SIGNING FRAUDULENT CLEAN-UP AGREEMENT ON THE OIL GIANT´S BEHALF, THEREBY SELLING OUT THE HEALTH OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. HE SAYS THAT "CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD GET CANCER."

SEE ALSO:


KENT ROBERTSON

CHEVRON'S SPIN MASTER

VIDEO REPORT
AL JAZEERA: EX-FELON IN CHEVRON VIDEO SCANDAL
(7:06 mins)

"CRUDE"
A JOE BERLINGER DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT THE TRUE COST OF CHEVRON'S OIL IN ECUADOR
(2:35 min trailer)

CRUDE REFLECTIONS


Oil, Ruin & Resistance

VIDEO REPORT
CBS "60 MINUTES": AMAZON CRUDE
(13:43 mins)

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

VANITY FAIR
JUNGLE LAW: POLITICS & POWER

NEW YORK TIMES
RAINFOREST JEKYLL & HYDE

 VIDEO ANIMATION
"60 SECONDS": ANDY ROONEY PARODY

Myths QA 20SEP06.pdf (55.70 KB)
 
Does Chevron respect the law and human rights in Ecuador? You decide.  On its website Chevron pledges to “conduct business in a socially responsible and ethical manner” and “to respect the communities” where it operates.  But Chevron’s defense in the historic environmental trial in Ecuador’s rainforest (“Lago trial”) can hardly be considered “ethical” or respectful of human rights.

VIDEO REPORT
CHEVRON: THE REAL HUMAN STORY IN ECUADOR
(5:00 mins)