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Ecuador Wants Money Not to Drill for Oil

Ecuador's president Rafail Correa is in Europe attempting to generate interest in a scheme to have countries pay for Ecuador not to drill for oil in an Amazon Reserve.  This area has been declared a biosphere...

Save Honduras' first environmental themed radio program, "Agua de

In the wake of the Honduran military coup in June, several radio stations and other media outlets have come under attack, which has resulted in the cancellation of many broadcasts, including Media Impact’s radio soap opera about healthy environmental practices. Now, the...

Ecuador president's security chief Dies of Swine Flu

Strange indeed, swine flu kills the chief of presidential security in Ecuador. Lt Col John Merino died after being hospitalised for 28 days."The Ecuadorean government says President Rafael Correa's chief of security has died of swine flu. The online government...

Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit Influenced by Politics and Corruption

Today Chevron released damning video evidence of a $3 million bribery scheme involving the Ecuadorian judge and government officials.  Even as evidence is still being collected and the official ruling isn’t expected until later this year, the Ecuadorian judge goes as...

Chevron Gets No Love From Andy Rooney

Chevron’s Ecuador problem forces Andy Rooney to drop the H-bomb… something he really, really, hates to do. WATCH IT HERE We love Andy Rooney and he gets mad at a lot of things (like iphones or Ali G). But now...

Chevron Suffers From Further Politicization in Ecuador Judiciary

Another great article posted at the Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit Blog about the politicization of the Ecuador judicial system as it relates to the $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron.

Jackpot Justice Goes Global

" Where the rule of law is respected, cases like those against Dole Foods and Chevron don't stand a chance. BY VINCE VITKOWSKY From distant court rooms in Latin America to court houses here in the United States, a disturbing trend is emerging. A new iron triangle of trial...

Extorting Big Oil

On the surface, it has all the makings of a classic David vs. Goliath tale -- an ostensibly exploitative multinational oil company plundering the pristine rain forests of impoverished, indigenous inhabitants.  The $27 billion lawsuit against the Chevron Corporation was...

Cut off Ecuador

"EDITORIAL: Cut off Ecuador" Hinton Communications and the Amazon Defense Coalition should take note and think about how they are conducting their disinformation campaign in the United States.  This is a great article about issues in Ecuador that should concern human...

Amazon Defense Coalition’s PR Firm Questions Integrity of 60...

In my article I write about Hinton Communications previously slamming 60 Minutes for a report that unfairly characterized one of its clients.  Hinton Communications, now the pr firm for the Amazon Defense Coalition (ADC), uses the same news organization to aggressivly...

Ousted President Zelaya took plane to Honduras but could not land

Updates: After a meeting with Presidents from Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay at El Salvador, the ousted Honduran Head of State Manuel Zelaya asked the army to stop inflicting violence on his countrymen. In...

OAS expels Honduras over coup against Zelaya

Caracas, Venezuela, 4 July 2009. Tonight, the Organization of America States (OAS) consulted its member on the expulsion of Honuduras over the coup against President Zelaya. After 33 member countries voted in...

OAS Insulza: There was a military coup against President Zelaya.

Updates: " About 10,000 supporters of the president ousted in a military coup June 28 again marched in his support Saturday, blocking traffic close to the presidential palace, which is occupied by a caretaker...

Hinton Communications and Amazon Defense Coalition Lies

Ok, so now I have to clean up the lies that Karen Hinton, Amazon Defense Coalition’s PR counsel, posted in the comment section of several articles slamming the Amazon Defense Coalition and their case against Chevron. Karen Hinton made the following comments on a San...

Amazon Defense Coalition Smoke and Mirrors

As I’ve outlined in a previous post, Hinton Communications does an exceptional job of flooding the internet with phony press and news releases about the Amazon Defense Coalition.  In one of the best articles written on this phony organization titled, “Amazon...

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