Peru: Indigenous Peruvians Win Appeal In Federal Human Rights And Environmental Lawsuite ...

Peru: Indigenous Peruvians Win Appeal In Federal Human Rights And Environmental Lawsuite Against Occidental Petroleum For Contaminating Amazon Rainforest, Poisoning Communities   LAWSUIT TO PROCEED IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT   Indigenous plaintiffs from the Peruvian Amazon won their appeal today in the landmark human rights and environmental contamination lawsuit against U.S. oil giant Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the case should be heard...

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