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Regional human rights court rules Ecuador violated rights of indigenous Sarayaku
July 27, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday ruled that Ecuador violated the rights of the Sarayaku Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon when the state allowed the Argentine oil company CGC to encroach on Sarayaku traditional lands in the early 2000s without the.... [more]
Ecuador plaintiffs file suit against Chevron in Canada
June 1, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Ecuadorian plaintiffs seeking to collect on a judgment against Chevron Corp over Amazon pollution on Wednesday filed a collection action in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice. The pollution was originally caused by Texaco in the 1980s. Chevron acquired the company with its liabilities in 2001..... [more]
Ecuador voters approved judicial and social reforms [this day at law]
May 7, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On May 7, 2011, Ecuadorian voters approved a series of judicial, social and other governmental reforms backed by President Rafael Correa and approved by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador. The judicial reforms included provisions to dissolve the standing oversight body and replace it with a.... [more]
Rights commission urges Ecuador president to suspend sentencing in libel suit
February 22, 2012 by Sarah Posner
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and his administration on Tuesday to postpone the sentencing of El Universo managers convicted of libel until after a hearing between the parties in March. The IACHR issued an injunction urging the.... [more]
Ecuador court rejects injunction on Chevron fine
February 21, 2012 by Julia Zebley
The Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Lago Agrio, Ecuador denied an arbitration decision by The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on Friday, forwarding an appeal by Chevron to the Supreme Court of Ecuador. The decision intended to temporarily enjoin the recently upheld $18.... [more]
Ecuador journalist seeks asylum from libel suit
February 17, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
Carlos Perez, one of four El Universo managers convicted of libel against Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, was granted asylum by Panama on Thursday. El Universo is the second largest newspaper in Ecuador. Two of the four men, Cesar and Nicolas Perez, have already fled to Miami. The.... [more]
Second Circuit allows Ecuador court's $18 billion judgment against Chevron
January 26, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday lifted an injunction won by Chevon Corporation to block enforcement of what the US oil company claims is a fraudulent, multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador for polluting the Amazon jungle. In reversing the decision made by the US.... [more]
Chevron appeals Ecuador court's $18 billion fine
January 21, 2012 by Jamie Davis
US oil company Chevron Corp announced Friday that it has filed an appeal with the National Court of Justice in Ecuador asking it to reconsider the decision rendered by an Ecuadorian judge that would require Chevron to pay $18 billion in damages from the pollution it has caused to the Amazon.... [more]
Ecuador court upholds multi-billion dollar fine against Chevron
January 4, 2012 by Alexandra Malatesta
A three-judge panel of the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, on Tuesday upheld a multi-billion dollar fine against Chevron for polluting the Amazon Jungle in the 1980s. The USD $18 billion fine, one of the largest in the history of environmental contamination suits,.... [more]
Ecuador president approves new antitrust law
October 12, 2011 by Ashley Hileman
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Tuesday enacted an antitrust law, provisions of which further his conflict with the country's news media. The new law specifically bars news media owners and bankers from holding financial stakes in other industries and generally bars companies from.... [more]
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