Ecuador: Celebrities for hire
Well, it’ll come as no surprise to anyone who reads Paul M. Barrett’s book Law of the Jungle, but the Ecuadorian government paid celebrities to tour areas of the rainforest allegedly contaminated by...
View ArticleThe celebrity junket Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
I had another Capt. Louis Renault moment this week, provoked by Mia Farrow, of all people. The ex-Mrs Sinatra apparently received from PR firm MCSquared $180,000 for visiting Lago Agrio in Ecuador....
View ArticleEcuador: Correa thinks Brad bought the wrong book
Brad Pitt bought the movie rights to Paul Barrett’s book, Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who’d Stop at Nothing to Win about fraudster Steven...
View ArticleEcuador: Brazilian prosecutor sides with Chevron
Paul Barrett reports, Senior Brazilian Official Backs Chevron in Oil Pollution Case Prosecutor recommends that Brazilian courts reject $9.5 billion Ecuadorian contamination judgment (emphasis added): ....
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