When international companies perform jobs for the oil industry in Latin America, mercenaries and armed forces are often needed for protection. The oil companies use the military systematically to suppress popular resistance. […]
Swedish company Skanska’s oil affairs in Latin America demonstrate ethical and legal infractions including falsified invoices, bribery scandals, extortion, environmental destruction and serious violations of human rights.
Far from the environmentally friendly company it claims to be, Swedish construction company Skanska’s cosmetic discourse on development and progress is racist and colonialist in practice.
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In spite of being plagued by scandals in several areas of Latin America recently, the Swedish construction company Skanska shows no tendency toward discontinuing its shady operations.
Oil industry power over the Waorani people’s Amazon basin manifests itself in the rampant militarization of the region and the use of threats and violence. […]
The Ecuadorian government ordered Canada’s Ascendant Copper to suspend all activities at its controversial Junin project on Tuesday for violating the country’s mining laws. […]
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