Chevron won a battle in the issue of the fraudulent lawsuit stemming from it’s 20 year old departure from oil production in Ecuador. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan…
Tag: Ecuador
Joel Young: Jessica Juarez Threatens Blogger To Change Story
While this blogger understands and sympathize with what Jessica Juarez seems to have gone through in her sad domestic violence case against Joel Young, one that the Alameda County Superior…
Chevron Ecuador Judge Nicolas Zambrano Dismissed; Correa Reverses On Media Suit
Nicolas Zambrano, the judge that awarded his own country fraudulently-obtained victory in the long-standing lawsuit against Chevron, was dismissed on Wednesday for the freeing of Cristian Suquisupa. What Zambrano did…
Chevron Ecuador: Permanent Court of Arbitration Blocks Ecuador From $18 Billion
The latest twist in the Chevron Ecuador legal battle has sent Amazon Defense Coalition Spokesperson Karen Hinton into a crazy lather, issuing wild press releases with the angry passion of…
Chevron Ecuador: Steven Donziger Dissected In The New Yorker
As the environmental case pitting Chevron against Ecaudor advances, there has been a lot written about it. But no article completely describes and dissects the role of lead Plaintiff’s Lawyer…
NY Times, Washington Post Show Ecuador President Correa’s Corruption
For those who romanticized Ecuador as a fair, democratic country with solid “freedom of the press” laws, much like America, it’s time to wake up. As I have explained in…
Chevron Ecuador: Kerry Kennedy To Make $40 Million Off Scam Lawsuit
Talk about being party to an extortion. This blogger saw a Chevron Ecuador-related post on Kerry Kennedy and thought “Man, never saw her name involved in all this much until…
Ecuador Court Confirms $18 Billion Award Against Chevron
In an action that comes as no surprise to anyone, an Ecuador appeals court confirmed the decision by Ecuador to award an $18 billion damage award to Ecuador. Ecuador's court, long accused of bribery and beset with scandal, would not dream of going aga...
Ecuador’s Corrupt Court Confirms $18 Billion Award Against Chevron
In an action that comes as no surprise to anyone, an Ecuador appeals court confirmed the decision by Ecuador to award an $18 billion damage award to Ecuador. Ecuador’s court,…
Chevron Ecuador: Petroecuador Plans To Clean Up Its Oil Mess
Since 2008, this blogger has said that the Ecuador land damage that Chevron was blamed for was really the fault of the state-run oil company called Petroecuador, and because Chevron…
Chevron Ecuador: Enviromental Scientist Ignores Data, Makes Up New Claims
Lost in the flurry of lawsuits around the matter of Chevron oil production operations in Ecuador until 1992, – including Ecuador’s claim that Chevron did not clean up the land,…
"Chevron Blogger" Not Dumped By SF Chronicle
There's an idea from certain racist types that this blogger was blocked from posting at the SF Chronicle website because of "ties" to a "Chevron operative." That's bullshit. What the truth is, is that the new SFGate.com executive director Alana Nguye...
Chevron Ecuador: Chevron Awarded $96 Million in Arbitration Claim Against Government of Ecuador
All this blogger can say is “It’s about time” someone recognized just how bass-ackward corrupt the Government of Ecuador is and the efforts it has taken to mask the truth…
Kohn, Swift & Graf, Funders To Steven Donziger In Chevron Ecuador Case, Respond To Zennie62 Blog Post
As the flurry of lawsuits flies between a number of parties involved in the Chevron Ecuador mess, it’s just a matter of time before one of the, by last personal…
Kohn, Swift & Graf, Money Givers To Steven Donziger, Pulled Into Chevron Ecuador Case
Rightfully, given lead “Lago Agrio Plaintiffs” lawyer Steven Donziger worked for them, the law firm of Kohn, Swift & Graf was ordered to turn over all documents to Chevron lawyers…
Ecuador’s Rafael Correa Has Columnist, Newspaper Editors Jailed, Fined $40 Million
On May 5th, this blogger reported on Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s attack on the country’s own media. While there are a number of examples, the most prominent one has resulted…
Chevron Ecuador: Patton Boggs Law Firm Works For, Then Against, Chevron
Wow, talk about a major conflict of interest, Patton Boggs, the Washington DC law firm that Chevron Ecuador plaintiff lawyer Steven Donziger brought in to take some heat and spotlight…
Chevron Ecuador: How Steve Donziger Is Like James Bond’s Goldfinger
Over the 4th of July Weekend, USA Network had a three-day James Bond Movie Marathon, where such classics as Dr. No, and Live And Let Die were presented, along with…