Paul Paz y Miño on Chevron v. Steven Donziger

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This week on CounterSpin: When Steven Donziger and other attorneys sued Chevron for polluting the soil and water in Lago Agrio in Ecuador, Chevron moved to have the case held in Ecuador, where they don’t have jury trials. When that court ruled against them, they sued against the lawyers that won the verdict, and accused one, Steven Donziger, of corruption, including bribing the judge. But no, it looks more like a story of a case a major fossil fuel company wanted to see silenced that has in fact had that effect. We’ll talk about what media would really rather you not now about Steven Donziger and Chevron in Ecuador with Paul Paz y Miño, associate director of Amazon Watch. Transcript: ‘Every Turn in This Case Has Been Another Brick Wall, and Behind It Is Chevron’