On September 18th, the Amazon Defense Coalition blog published an article titled, “More Smoke from Chevron Bloggers.” Bloggers accused of being paid by Chevron in the article, including myself, fought back and by September 24th, the Amazon Defense...
[Important update: Some of the content for this article was based on comments made in an article by the Amazon Defense Coalition Blog. The comments section of the article has since been removed by the ADC after they were thoroughly embarrassed by bloggers defending...
opinion by MaxGerman | 8 wks ago 105 views | 23 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
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.
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...
created by Alex Thorne | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 76 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"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...
opinion by Alex Thorne | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 66 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In a well-crafted statement, a Hinton Communications press release reads as follows:“The 60 Minutes segment was flat wrong in many respects. In typical fashion, 60 Minutes glossed over or failed to report facts that complicated its simplistic format — facts that would...
created by Alex Thorne | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 201 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon,...
My latest findings related to the Amazon Defense Coalition’s flimsy lawsuit against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador are highlighted in a report on the San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGate.com blog this morning....
Life in the Oriente Region of Ecuador is full of danger, mystery and intrigue. Located along the border with Colombia in the northeast part of the country, the region is home to ancient people groups who depend largely upon the resources of the Amazon River basin for...
Barely three weeks after New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, sent an inflammatory and provocative letter to Chevron Corporation’s David J. O’Reilly, I sent a communication of my own. To...
I’m not a lawyer and I don’t play one on television, but it strikes me that leaders of the Amazon Defense Coalition may have violated terms of the Logan Act as they cozied up to leaders of the Ecuadoran...
Ask any investigative reporter how best to get to the heart of any controversial issue, and he’ll say, “Follow the money.” Doing that has been difficult, however, when it comes to the Amazon Defense...
“You have a new form of business now for trial lawyers which is that they now go to foreign locations and try to root up and play off plaintiffs under circumstances under which legal systems are less...
“This case is the ultimate embodiment of ‘no good deed goes unpunished,’” said Charles A. James, executive vice president and chief legal counsel at Chevron Corporation, speaking about the 16-year-old, $27...