Normal DU'ers might find this interesting: Greg Palast on Ecuador, from February

[Judi Lynn]

Greg Palast Reports - Ecuador Is No Longer For Sale

By Manila Ryce

Published Wednesday, February 13th, 2008, 4:21 am

Filed under: Human Rights, Videos: Political, World: South America, Videos: Documentary, Society/Culture: Civil Unrest, Economic, Society/Culture, World Issues, Environment, Videos

As my fellow baby-eating pinko readers know, I often post favorably about the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. On Monday, we expanded our vision of South America by delving into an analysis of Bolivia’s revolution with Pepe Escobar. Now ladies and gentlemen, I present you with a documentary from almighty investigative journalist Greg Palast regarding Ecuador’s struggle against The Man.

Palast interviews an indigenous tribe which is suing Chevron for $12 billion for destroying large areas of the Amazon rainforest. Apparently, they got that figure from Doctor Evil, but I sure as hell hope they get every penny. You can’t put a high enough price tag on the Amazon. In fact, there’s a certain paradox I just made up which states that the exact amount of money required to purchase the Amazon would require the Amazon itself to be cut down to provide enough lumber for the paper money. Okay, enough of this jibba jabba. Watch the videos.

In part 2, Palast interviews Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa regarding the lawsuit against Chevron, foreign debt, and his relationship with the US and Venezuela. After marinating in the plastic rhetoric of Obama and Clinton for so long, hearing Correa speak is almost like coming into contact with an alien (the outer space kind you racist bastards). If you want to observe a real liberal in office, you’ll have to look south. We ran out of those in this country decades ago.

http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2008/02/13/greg-palast-reports-ecuador-is-no-longer-for-sale/