Zambrano: Nicolas Zambrano

Nicolas Zambrano: "I would never do so because it would go against my principles. ... No one has paid me, nor would I accept that," said Nicolas Zambrano, according to Times Colonist. In February 2011, Zambrano issued an $18 billion judgment against Chevron in a lawsuit brought on behalf of 30,000 Amazon rainforest residents for environmental damage caused by Texaco during its 1972-1990 operation of an oil consortium in the rainforest. Chevron later bought Texaco and NEW YORK, N.Y. - In an epic legal battle pitting Amazon rainforest tribes against energy giant Chevron, a former Ecuadorean judge claims another judge there took a $500,000 bribe. The second judge, however, says it's all a lie. The unusual and at times, bizarre clash of judicial brethren has played out at a high-stakes trial in federal court in New York City that will decide whether a multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador against Chevron should be enforced in the United States. Zambrano, for reasons unclear, at one point wore a red knit cap, overcoat, scarf and gloves while on the witness stand. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.