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dc.contributor.advisorVasquez, Marcela
dc.contributor.authorDiaz-Combs, Claudia
dc.creatorDiaz-Combs, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-26T17:45:45Z
dc.date.available2018-06-26T17:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/628102
dc.description.abstractIn 1993, 30,000 Ecuadorians filed a class-action lawsuit against Chevron Oil Company for extensive damage to ancestral lands as a result of petroleum extraction in the Amazon. More than 20 years later the lawsuit continues. This study considers the trajectory of the case through interviews with lawyers, activists, Indigenous peoples, and others in order to understand how and why the plaintiffs prevailed in the highest court in Sucumbíos, Ecuador. Additionally, this study also pushes back on a common narrative of passive, submissive communities affected by extractive industries using ethnographic exploration to understand perspectives and emotions of people in Lago Agrio, Ecuador that experienced setbacks, sabotage, and success during the trial. This work is centered with a political ecology framework to understand the relationship between state structures, multinational oil corporations, and marginalized communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.titleFluye el Petróleo, Sangra la Selva (As the Oil Flows, the Jungle Bleeds): Ecuador vs. Chevronen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Thesisen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberda Silva, Antonio B.
dc.contributor.committeememberOsborne, Tracey
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineLatin American Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-26T17:45:46Z


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