Ecuador: Ecuadorians Hit Chevron With $18 Billion Enforcement Action In Canada

Ecuador: Ecuadorians Hit Chevron With $18 Billion Enforcement Action In Canada   Villagers from Ecuador's rainforest yesterday filed a lawsuit in Canada as the first step in forcing the company to comply with an $18 billion court judgment rendered in Ecuador and imposed to permit the clean-up of what experts believe is the largest oil disaster on the planet.   The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, targets Chevron and various subsidiaries that together hold...

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