A Piece Of Justice

Al-Jazeera reported today that Brazil has announced it will file charges against seventeen executives from Chevron Corporation and it's drilling contractor, Transocean, and has barred the executives from leaving Brazil. This looks like a small start to justice for South America against Chevron, which has a bad reputation for environmental exploitation and damage on the continent, particularly with this latest spill in Brazil and other incidents in Ecuador. Chevron is the fourth largest corporation in America, and has operations worldwide. Considering this fact, we'll see how the US government responds to these charges. My prediction is that the US government will not allow it's executives to be prosecuted, and we'll intervene on their behalf. And if I'm right, it will further highlight the American corporate imperialist ignorance to which the world is subjected.

Another thing to note here is the environmental risk posed by offshore and deep water drilling. Have we not learned enough from BP and the nearly dead Gulf of Mexico to see that these drilling operations are simply not worth the risk. These giant oil corporations control too much power in the world, wielding it to influence policy in their favour to increase profits at the expense of our world. Prosecutors in Brazil are demanding $10.6 billion for reparations from the spill. This is just over half of Chevron's $19.13 billion annual income in 2010. Enough of the oil craze, let's cut ourselves from this noose around the neck of the world and find some other alternatives!