Chevron & Ecuador: In Their Own Words
Select quotes from Steven Donziger and Chevron in the
Ecuador case.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
Memorable quotes from US attorney Steven Donziger and Chevron in the 21-year
legal case over Ecuador contamination.
Steven Donziger
The play book for this
type of case was not taught in law school, because such a case had never existed.
Steven Donziger, in a proposal for a new
book that was never completed.
This was not a case for
gentleman lawyers or academics. In a highly charged macho culture, this has
become a flat-out street brawl.
Steven Donziger in private notes, after
the plaintiffs boosted their inspections in the Amazon
Some days, I fantasize
about putting my hands around Reis Veiga’s neck and squeezing until he begs for
mercy.
Steven Donziger in 2006 on Chevron’s
Latin America legal advisor Ricardo Reis Veiga
You have to go to Correa
and put an end to this shit once and for all.
Steven Donziger’s order to his Ecuador-based
legal team after President Rafael Correa announced a remediation.
Chevron
We’re going to fight
this until hell freezes over, and then we’ll fight it on the ice.
Chevron spokesman Donald Campbell
You give into a
Donziger, and God knows who comes out of the woodwork to make claims.
A Chevron public relations person
Source: Paul M Barrett, Law of the Jungle, Crown Publishers