"US District Judge Susan Illston, allowing a lawsuit
brought by victims and victims' families against
Chevron to proceed, said that there is evidence that
Chevron has hired, supervised, and provided
transportation to Nigerian military forces known for
their "general history of committing abuses." [7]
Chevron has been accused of not fulfilling its
community responsibilities in Cabinda, Angola.
Chevron's employees work in isolation in the Malongo
terminal, which is protected by barbed wire fence and
guarded gates because of security concerns. There is
no interaction with the local people and the local
market, because water, groceries and other commodities
are imported duty free from overseas. In a survey
Cabindans expressed their concern that the
multi-billion dollar oil industy has not improved
their daily lives.
In 2003, it was revealed that the company had engaged
in illegal trade with Iraq and had to pay a fourteen
thousand dollar fine to the US government."
Also, Chevron used to be Standard Oil Company, but
changed it name to - Chevron. Standard Oil Co. comes
up in the Zeitgeist movie Ian posted.
Remember, Chevron deals with Myanmar where thousands
have been proclaimed to have died so far under this
military regime.
But buisness, in this sense, is impersonal in a
scientific field called economics.
bugs flying from tree to tree,
SA
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