Pablo Fajardo

Pablo Fajardo Mendoza (or Pablo Fajardo) is an Ecuadorian native of Cofán descent, who was raised in extreme poverty. With the help of the Roman Catholic Church,[1] he put himself through law school. He was the lead lawyer against Chevron Corporation, representing thousands of natives in the Lago Agrio oil field, formerly developed by Texaco.

He won a CNN "Hero's award" in 2007,[2] and along with associate Luis Yanza, a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2008[3] In the wake of the latter prize Chevron launched an international publicity campaign accusing Fajardo of dishonesty and greed.[4]

He is featured in the 2009 film Crude.

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References

  1. ^ "Crude", film, 2007
  2. ^ "CNN Heroes – CNN's Global Search for Everyday People Changing the World". CNN. 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/12/06/heroes.show/. 
  3. ^ Chris Kraul (April 13, 2008). "Amazon Activists win Goldman Environmental Prize". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-amazon13apr13,1,5347789.story. 
  4. ^ Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross (April 13, 2008). "Prize Fight". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/13/BA161045V4.DTL. 
CNN Heroes
2007–2010
Pablo Fajardo (2007)  · Liz McCartney (2008)  · Efren Peñaflorida (2009)  · Anuradha Koirala (2010)