In an effort to enforce Ecuador’s $18 billion ruling against Chevron, an Argentine judge signed an order to freeze almost all of Chevron’s $2 billion assets in that country. “Seizure actions will continue to be filed against Chevron assets in more countries to make sure the full amount of the judgment is collected,” said 2008 Goldman Prize winner Pablo Fajardo , the lead Ecuadorian lawyer for the case. Fellow 2008 Goldman Prize winner and community organizer, Luis Yanza said, “We are committed to holding Chevron fully accountable for the crimes it has committed against our indigenous peoples.” Fajardo and Yanza were awarded the Goldman Prize in 2008 for their decades-long fight to bring justice to the indigenous communities of the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador, where Chevron continuously dumped toxic waste for nearly 30 years. In the aftermath of what came to be known as the ‘Amazonian Chernobyl,’ local communities suffered from extreme health problems such as can
