A Lawsuit in Ecuador

Antonia Mendua, who has mouth cancer, is helped out of a chemotherapy room at a hospital in Quito. She lived in a village where Chevron left oil waste behind.
Ivan Kashinsky / Aurora

Illness
Antonia Mendua, who has mouth cancer, is helped out of a chemotherapy room at a hospital in Quito. A plaintiff in the suit, she lived in a village where Texaco left oil waste behind.

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