Chevron Lobbying Won't Kill Ecuadorian Suit: Critics

By Ben James ( October 3, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Legislation extending trade benefits to Peru, Ecuador, Columbia and Bolivia passed the U. S. Senate Thursday after making its way through the U. S. House of Representative earlier in the week without a rider pitched by lobbyists for Chevron that would have excluded benefits for Ecuador, which is currently embroiled in a $16. 3 billion environmental suit against the oil giant. . . .

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