In-depth reports and analysis from our extensive network of correspondents throughout the region on the most important developments in Latin America. From 1964 to 1990, the Texaco corporation (now Chevron) dumped over 16 billion gallons of oil and toxic waste into the Ecuadorean Amazon, causing untold illnesses to people in the region. Around 30,000 indigenous and campesino plaintiffs won a lawsuit ordering the payment of US$ 9.5 billion in damages, but the corporate giant has refused to pay. teleSUR
