A Lawsuit in Ecuador

The six billion dollars that the plaintiffs seek would be used for cleaning up the mess. Chevron has argued that the true responsibility for the damage to the Ecuadorian Amazon is Petroecuador
Ivan Kashinsky / Aurora

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The 16.5 billion dollars that the plaintiffs seek would be used for cleaning up the mess. Chevron feels that its obligation terminated when Texaco paid for a $40 million remediation and public works program in the early 1990s.

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