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In 2011, Chevron was ordered to pay $9 billion in damages.
“The award against Chevron ‘is one of the largest judgments ever imposed for environmental contamination in any court,’ said David M. Uhlmann, an expert in environmental law at the University of Michigan…
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‘Whether any portion of the claims will be paid by Chevron is less clear.’”
(Romero & Krauss, 2011)
In 2011, Chevron vowed to appeal this decision, claiming this sum was inflated and unenforceable (Romero & Krauss, 2011).
Despite Ecuador exporting so much oil, fuel prices and food shortages caused by road blockades still affected people all over the country. By the time the protests ended, six people were dead (Sands, June 27, 2022).
The protests seemed to end in part when fuel price cuts were promised (BBC, July 1, 2022).
