An audio and digital series focused on “La Lucha en la Jungla—the Rumble in the Jungle” between Chevron/Texaco and various indigenous groups in Ecuador.
Over the course of ten episodes and several articles we trace the early days of oil colonialism in Latin America to a case that brought the largest environmental settlement in history, only to spur a 15-year fight over the validity not only of that court decision but of the Ecuadorian legal system writ large. It’s a wild story that has it all: bags of cash, secret cameras, bribed judges, First Amendment violations, a lawyer on house arrest, secret tribunals, and at the end of it all thousands of indigenous people with a simple request: “Let us live.”
Podcast Episodes
DOCUMENTS FROM THIS INVESTIGATION
Articles in this investigation
“Like a War on the Environment” —Texaco’s 30 Years in Ecuador
Decades after winning their case against Chevron, Ecuadorian plaintiffs are still suffering from poisoned water and soil.
Secret Tribunals and Hand-Picked Arbiters—A Little-known System Undermines Environmental Regulation
How trade agreements and mandatory arbitration clauses could make it harder for countries worldwide to take strong climate action.
