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Thirty thousand Indians from the Ecuadorian Amazon were able to put the U.S.-based petroleum giant ChevronTexaco in court on charges of environmental destruction. The unprecedented trial began Oct. 21 in Ecuador.
Tierramérica invites you to check out some Internet sites to learn more about international oil companies.
Indians grow food for vicuñas in Chile... Cuban coffee grows with coffee fertilizer... U.S. fires threaten wildlife... Costa Rica sees rise in bio-pest controls... Fauna languish at Nicaraguan zoo... Mayan sites protected in Guatemala... Ex-ambassador visits Honduran forest... Fighting ozone contamination in Brazil.
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