Last week Newsweek reported that Chevron is lobbying the U.S. Trade Representative to withhold U.S. trade preferences from Ecuador, to pressure the Government of Ecuador to interfere against a lawsuit brought by peasants in Ecuador seeking redress for the dumping of toxic oil waste in the Amazon. Incredibly, USTR confirmed that it was considering Chevron's request.
The attitude of Chevron towards democracy and the rule of law in Ecuador was summed up by a Chevron lobbyist:
"We can't let little countries...
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