A gripping, richly illustrated recounting ofthe battle indigenous Ecuadorians and their allies waged against Texaco/Chevronover the energy company's destruction of portions of the Amazon. As a teenager,Pablo Fajardo worked in the Amazonian oil fields, where he witnessed theconsequences of Texaco/Chevron's indifference to the environment and to theinhabitants of the Amazon. Fajardo mobilized with his peers to seek reparationsand in time became the lead counsel for UDAPT (Union of People Affected byTexaco), a group of more than thirty thousand small farmers and indigenouspeople from the northern Ecuadorian Amazon who continue to fight for reparationsand remediation to this day.
A graphic novel exploring Texaco's involvement in the Amazon, as well as the ensuing legal battles between the oil company, the Ecuadorian government, and the region's inhabitants, from the perspective of Ecuadorian lawyer and activist Pablo Fajardo.
"Staggering. . . . Give this book to those
readers who shun graphic novels for their lack of artistic talent and those who
support global environmental causes." -Booklist
