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Corrupt to the bone
It seems that corruption is rampant over the case of Chevron vs several Amazon communities fronting for the Ecuadorian Government. Obviously Judge Juan Nunez was cut in the act of negotiating bribe as Chevron show last week , but the participation in the whole dubious case of the court designated expert Richard Cabrera and Correa's close adviser of Correa’s Alexis Mera are ( see Gustavo Coronel The Ecuador-Texaco trial) are very significant, even though Nunez consistently protected Cabrera from any sort of scrutiny, perhaps the media and authorities should focus on pair so we could get to the truth on this case. It looks that the government decided from the beginning to get Chevron screw and try to get a pile of money out of it. The whole affair to construct the case against the oil company meant that each of the participants in the process would get something out of it, that's is the way it looks. And then the big question comes up, are they doing it alone or they are working for someone higher up ?
The reply of the Ecuadorian goverment over Chevron's videos is that of filing action through the US Justice Department for possible violations of American federal law over Chevron's actions. "US federal law punishes any US citizen or entity that commits corrupt acts abroad, which Chevron may well have done," his office said in a statement, AFP reported. Chevron denied making the videos and said Ecuador was trying to deflect attention from the facts of the case, reported today AFPPetroleumworld News 09/10/09
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