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When Latino Corporate Fighters Win Awards, The Corporates Get Mad
10:07 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador|Environment · Comments Off
18 Apr 2008
What does a multi-national company do when two Ecuadorians fighting against them win an award? They launch a PR battle attack. Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza were named the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients for their 14 year grassroots struggle against Chevron and the contamination that oil company has done against the country and people of Ecuador, specifically in the Amazon region.
In response, Chevron issued a press release and hold a press briefing saying that the company objects:
to the Goldman Foundation over its selection of personal injury lawyer Pablo Fajardo and his associate, Luis Yanza, who were revealed today as 2008 Goldman prize recipients. Chevron regrets that the organizers of the Goldman Environmental Prize were skillfully misled into naming Mr. Fajardo and Mr. Yanza as prize winners.
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