tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post5913065325068872819..comments2024-03-27T02:18:35.808-07:00Comments on LAS ARMAS DE CORONEL: "THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE", A REVIEWGustavo Coronelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048121984705082839noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-50575322499567175492014-10-16T08:36:04.897-07:002014-10-16T08:36:04.897-07:00This is not an independent researched book explain...This is not an independent researched book explaining the Chevron in Ecuador case, it's a pro-Chevron one-sided dump of their legal filings written to give the impression that Barrett actually researched the case. It shamelessly masquerades as “impartial” but the facts do not bear that out.<br /><br />Peter Maass, author of Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil in his review of Barrett's book in Outside Magazine wrote, "There are two side to the story of the biggest environmental lawsuit ever, but a new book tells only one of them."<br /><br />Barrett, did not interview the Ecuadorian legal team, did not read the trial record in Ecuador and spent only a few days there. Many of us who have supported the communities for decades are shocked at the lack of real reporting here. He made it appear as if he interviewed Donziger, even tho he only took from Chevron's legal filings in their bogus RICO action.<br /><br />There is no fraud by Donziger nor the Ecuadorians. The only "evidence" of any ghost written judgment was the testimony of a corrupt ex-judge who was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to testify. Chevron either bought off or pressured witnesses, fabricated evidence and spent hundreds of millions all to avoid paying to clean up. Barrett ignores all of these issues in his book. Leaving such facts out is either grossly incompetent or deliberately misleading.<br /><br />The Sierra Club, Amnesty International, Greenpeace and over 40 other human rights and environmental NGOs have condemned Chevron for its dirty underhanded legal thuggery in this case and for violating the First Amendment. Why is that not a part of Barrett's "story"?<br /><br />Barrett avoids the truly scandalous and criminal examples of Chevron's tactics to hide contamination during the Ecuador trial, like swapping toxic soil samples with clean ones, and avoiding sampling at depths at which Chevron knew contamination existed, at locations Chevron knew were still contaminated, and were downgradient from known contamination. You'd think that a book purportedly covering the largest environmental litigation in history would merit a real review of the evidence, much of which was provided by even the skewed soil and water samples taken by the company.<br /><br />Three layers of Ecuadorian courts – eight appellate judges – reviewed and upheld the $9 billion verdict, and threw out Chevron's claims of fraud. But for Barrett, apparently U.S. courts are the only legitimate court system in the world. Barrett lets Judge Kaplan off the hook for his colonial overreach in judging a country's legal system that he knows nothing about. Kaplan can't read the native language, nor did he read the trial record. <br /><br />Worst of all, Barrett is promoting his book under the false headline that the case against Chevron in Ecuador “failed”. This is patently false as enforcement actions are underway in Canada, Argentina and Brazil (which Barrett knows). Barrett unwillingness to correct this misinformation time and again is perhaps the most obvious indication of where he stands on the “truth”.<br /><br />Learn about Barrett’s ongoing bias here: http://amazonwatch.org/news/2014/0930-business-journalists-rush-to-rescue-chevron-from-its-ecuador-disaster<br /><br />Here is an excellent point-by-point critique of this book by the Ecuadorian legal team: http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/2014-barrett-critique.pdf<br /><br />Barrett’s book is so bad that he and his publisher are liable to be sued for defamation letter: http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/2014-09-09-letter-to-barret.pdf<br /><br />A decent and fair look at the case appeared in Rolling Stone (which also refers to Barrett’s book as pro-Chevron): http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/sludge-match-chevron-legal-battle-ecuador-steven-donziger-20140828<br /><br />The documents refuting Chevron’s bogus RICO claims, likely to prevail with the federal appeals Court are here: <br /><br />http://stevendonziger.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-07-02-Donziger-brief.pdf<br /><br />http://stevendonziger.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-07-01-Ecuadorians-brief.pdfAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480901100139810579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-44959073598980337872014-10-10T15:40:09.302-07:002014-10-10T15:40:09.302-07:00Fallo, fraude o no fraude!
No creo en Chevron, ni...Fallo, fraude o no fraude!<br /><br />No creo en Chevron, ni en ninguno de ellos subsidiados grandemente for gobiernos del Norte!<br /><br />El crudo es una economía falsa y de perdición!<br /><br />En cuanto a otra compañía si sería lamentable un fraude en su contra!<br /><br />No lamento nadita ni Chevron, ni PDVSA, ni Venezuela! <br /><br />Si lamento a Canadá en estos momentos grandemente! Y por razones personales y de muchos!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-88845071513735901052014-10-10T04:24:28.095-07:002014-10-10T04:24:28.095-07:00Más que una defensa del petróleo lo que trato de h...Más que una defensa del petróleo lo que trato de hacer aquí es una defensa de la justicia. El fallo contra Chevron en Ecuador fué un fraude alimentado por la corrupción de mucha gente. Pudiéramos haber estado hablando de cualquiera otra actividad, amigo anónimo.Gustavo Coronelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048121984705082839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-86695502906536469542014-10-09T22:45:10.724-07:002014-10-09T22:45:10.724-07:00Gustavo! Tu defensa del Petroleo es solo una visio...Gustavo! Tu defensa del Petroleo es solo una vision miope de la vida!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-44972297491380032002014-10-09T22:43:33.019-07:002014-10-09T22:43:33.019-07:00Yo defiendo sin leer en detalle el ecosistema y la...Yo defiendo sin leer en detalle el ecosistema y las Selvas del Ecuador [Ecua-dor] y del Amazonas, para un futuro incierto de la Humanidad, despues del Petroleo!<br /><br />Iremos a comer hidropronico de fertilizantes naturales locales y a calentarnos con Fuentes Hidraulicas mientras haya suficiente agua dulce!<br /><br />Yo no defendo a Chevron ni el uso comercial del Petroleo! A menos que sea para uso de reserva energetica de emergencia y militar! Y zero uso para aviacion commercial! Y regreso al Mar y buques con motores electricos!<br /><br />Los seres humanos no quieren vivir una vida normal en este Mundo!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-46774673177870295652014-10-09T15:27:49.371-07:002014-10-09T15:27:49.371-07:00Excellent. I was on the ground in ecuador in 1982 ...Excellent. I was on the ground in ecuador in 1982 and later paid irregular visits until 2010. What the book describes is exactly what I saw. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-61018937906012177992014-10-09T13:56:38.941-07:002014-10-09T13:56:38.941-07:00Gustavo, leete la historia del papa del hampon ese...Gustavo, leete la historia del papa del hampon ese de Correa. Te va a interesar. Alli esta explicado todo el resentimiento de ese miserable comunista contra nuestro pais. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com