ECUADOR: Chevron's Amazon 'fake cleanup' trial
A report submitted this week to a court in Ecuador finding dangerous levels of contamination at oil wells Chevron says it cleaned up in the 1990s is expected to reinforce a fraud indictment against two Chevron lawyers in a $27.3 billion environmental lawsuit against the oil company.
Seven Ecuadorian officials were also included in the indictment [...]
Ecuador Expedition Uncovers ‘E.T.-Like’ Salamander
– An expedition to the pristine forests of Ecuador near the Peruvian border uncovered 12 new species, including a salamander that Conservation International said looked like E.T., the alien from the Steven Spielberg film.
The discoveries in the Nangaritza region of the Cordillera del Condor included what the researchers termed a “remarkably ugly bug-eyed salamander,” a [...]
UK mission group helps rescue bus crash victims in Ecuador
Comments OffA busload of more than 40 University of Kentucky faculty and students were on their way to work at a medical clinic in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador on Monday afternoon when the cars ahead came to a halt on the winding rural highway.
Two of the UK medical residents participating in the Shoulder to Shoulder [...]
Ecuador – What You May Not Know
Most people in school have failed geography and are not aware that the Galapagos islands are actually part of Ecuador. It is the smallest country in South America, and if you would like to locate it on the map it is just a little bit south west of Columbia. Here are some other not so [...]
