The Chevron Pit: After 18 Years Of Waiting, Justice Is Served! - 0 views
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Few legal experts expected the case to get this far. The plaintiffs first sued Texaco in New York in 1993. Texaco, and later Chevron, successfully argued that the case should instead be heard in Ecuador, which was then run by a government seen as friendly to American business interests.
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Arabica Robusta on 20 Feb 11"Few legal experts expected case to get this far [because of business-friendly government]." However, in the next paragraph, Chevron accuses Correa government of "interference." Clearly, Chevron and allies consider interference to only mean situations where government is against Chevron interests (even when government supports interests of its own people).
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