“The latest technical reports by ChevronTexaco are typical of what we have seen over the long course of this litigation. They are intended to hide environmental crimes, delay the judicial process, manipulate science, and create fictitious standards that have no basis in law. The company is attempting to disrespect the legal norms of the countries in which they operate, and confuse the court with thousands of pages of irrelevant documents.”
“Like the scientists who were paid by tobacco companies to prove smoking was harmless, ChevronTexaco´s technicians used junk science to manufacture conclusions.”
“ChevronTexaco´s claim in its reports that it was released by the government of Ecuador from any responsibility for cleanup has no legal effect because it was based on a fraudulent cleanup operation. At the time of its claimed remediation, Texaco simply covered up a small portion of its toxic waste pits with dirt without first removing the toxins. The company then ordered laboratory tests that avoided analyzing for harmful chemicals that Texaco executives knew existed at the sites. Because the remediation was based on deceit, the Ecuadorian government now has the right to pursue its own claims against ChevronTexaco independent of the current lawsuit.”
“The latest deceptions in ChevronTexaco’s judicial reports suggest the possibility that Ricardo Reis Veiga, ChevronTexaco´s Miami-based lawyer who is overseeing the company’s multi-million dollar legal and public relations strategy in Ecuador, might not be acting in the best interests of shareholders. Reis Veiga is a former Texaco employee who personally oversaw the company’s remediation in Ecuador, and he may have a vested interest in covering up the defects in that remediation that are now being contested in the trial.”
“We have concerns that Reis Veiga might be causing ChevronTexaco to run afoul of corporate governance issues by hiding the true nature and magnitude of this potential liability from shareholders and even his own executives.”
