Pablo Fajardo

Pablo Fajardo Mendoza (often, Pablo Fajardo) is an Ecuadorian native who was raised in extreme poverty. He put himself through law school and became the lead lawyer representing thousands of natives in Ecuador affected by Texaco and its successor Chevron Corporation's dumping of toxic waste water, seeking to clean up 1,700 square miles of polluted rain forest.

He won a CNN "Hero's award" in 2007, [cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/12/06/heroes.show/|publisher=CNN|title=CNN Heroes|CNN's Global Search for Everyday People Changing the World] and along with associate Luis Yanza, a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2008 [cite news|publisher=Los Angeles Times|title=Amazon Activists win Goldman Environmental Prize|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-amazon13apr13,1,5347789.story|date=April 13, 2008|author=Chris Kraul] In the wake of the latter prize Chevron launched an international publicity campaign accusing Fajardo of dishonesty and greed. [cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/13/BA161045V4.DTL|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 13, 2008|title=Prize Fiht|author=Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross]

External links

* [http://www.Justicianow.org | Justicianow.org] - documentary featuring Pablo Fajardo

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