Summary: <p>(Latin Pulse: October 27, 2009) Thousands of people representing Ecuador's indigenous tribes are suing Chevron-Texaco over the pools of toxic wastewater the company left behind. Following Chevron-Texaco's 30 years of profit from indigenous lands and resources, the tribes are seeking 27.3 billion dollars from the California-based corporation for the clean-up. We talk with Joe Berlinger about his new film on the case, Crude, and with Amazon Watch about the worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl. But Chevron-Texaco is not the only problem for the indigenous communities of Ecuador; the native population is taking to the streets, demanding a seat at the negotiating table with the government in order to contest other proposed developments on their territories.</p><p>Learn More About This Issue:<br><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/texaco200705" target="_blank">Vanity Fair article</a><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/13/144859/413/430/567074" target="_blank">Daily Kos explanation of oil development in Western Amazon</a><br><a href="http://chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/2009/0503-60-minutes-amazon-crude.html" target="_blank">Sixty Minutes Report</a><br><a href="http://www.crudethemovie.com" target="_blank">Crude</a><br><a href="http://www.chevron.com/ecuador/" target="_blank">Chevron</a><br><br>Find Out What You Can Do:<br><a href="http://www.amazonwatch.org/" target="_blank">Amazon Watch</a><br><a href="http://chevrontoxico.com/" target="_blank">Campaign against Chevron</a></p>
