The Ecuadorian government has ordered that oil company Chevron pays a $9.5 billion indemnity for social and environmental damage by polluting the Amazon jungle while operating in the country from 1962 to 1990. The company, on the other hand, alleges that the Ecuadorian government has been conspiring to defraud them. The President says the company itself is paying to get the book “Law of the Jungle” published, which portrays the country as being full of uncivilized, savage and corrupt people. The book will be the base of a movie in which Brad Pitt is set to star.
During his normal Saturday report, President Correa extended an invitation to the actor, so he could go and see the damage caused by the petroleum giant in the area. “I don’t know Brad Pitt, I know his wife Angelina Jolie and she’s a woman who’s very committed to social causes, so I presume, if she’s married to Brad Pitt, he probably has a social conscience too,” stated Correa. In addition, he’s instructed his aides to coordinate a social media “world campaign” in which the “Moneyball” star can see that he is simply being utilized by Chevron.
The President continued explaining that the damage evidence is abundant in the region, for which, the invitation to the actor will also be extended to producers, directors and all of those involved in the cinematographic project. “If there’s any doubt, we invite him to the Amazon, so he can put his hands in the polluted ponds, which continue to poison our jungle even 30 years after the corrupt company left the country,” explained Correa. “I’m sure Pitt doesn’t know the complicity he’s falling into,” he concluded.
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