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Article

7 Oct 2008

Author:
EFE

Un tribunal de apelaciones de EE.UU. rechaza el recurso de Chevron Texaco

Un tribunal de apelaciones de EE.UU. rechazó…un recurso de la petrolera Chevron Texaco en el litigio que mantiene con Ecuador desde hace más de seis años por los daños ambientales que supuestamente causó cuando operó en el país…[E]l dictamen…determina que los argumentos esgrimidos por Chevron Texaco en su recurso "no tienen mérito"…Chevron Texaco argumentó…que la petrolera estatal Petroecuador fue parte en un acuerdo de gestión conjunta entre Texaco y la corporación Gulf Oil…[y] alegó que este acuerdo obligaba a Ecuador a indemnizar a la petrolera por cualquier fallo jurídico o pérdidas derivadas del litigio iniciado por 30.000 indígenas contra la firma…[Estos] acusan a Texaco de haber…provocado daños irreparables para la salud de las personas y el medio ambiente.

Part of the following timelines

US court rejects Chevron's claim that Ecuador must submit to arbitration re ongoing health & environmental suit

Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador)

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