Chevron Disrespects Indigenous Leaders Exposing True Cost of Chevron http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/05/chevron-disrespects-indigenous-leaders.html

Chevron Disrespects Community Leaders Exposing True Cost of Chevron.Indigenous and global leaders ignored by Chevron decision-makers, expect showdown at shareholder meeting."Chevron refuses to face its own true cost. Community and Indigenous leaders came from around the world from the locations where Chevron operates, and they were left waiting in a lobby," said Antonia Juhasz, lead author and editor of the new report and director of the Chevron Program at Global Exchange, calling the Chevron actions "disrespectful."

She and the rest of the Coalition await the shareholder meeting tomorrow, where a Chevron representative agreed to a "point by point rebuttal" to the new report. Indigenous community leaders Guillermo Grefa (Kichwa) from Rumipamba, Ecuador and Emem Okon from Nigeria accused Chevron's operations of causing the extinction of indigenous peoples, while Debora Barros Fince (Organizacion Wayuu Munserrat, La Guajira, Colombia) added that Chevron supports the paramilitary operations of the current government in Colombia. Grefa asked, "When are you going to clean up what you have contaminated?"