Ecuador Indigenous Communities Can Sue Chevron in Canada

2015-09-04 2

In a major breakthrough with international repercussions, Ecuador's indigenous communities have won the right to sue oil giant Chevron in Canadian courts. The Canadian Supreme Court voted to a allow the lawsuit that seeks to recover US$9.5 billion from a 2011 compensation settlement arising from the pollution of land belonging to Amazonian indigenous villages by Chevron. teleSUR