The surest sign that the momentum in Ecuador had shifted against Chevron came on November 26, 2008, when a geological engineer named Richard Cabrera, who had been appointed to serve as an independent environmental-damages expert, delivered a report recommending that the court find Chevron responsible for twenty-seven billion dollars in damages.

NEWYORKER: Reversal of Fortune

Together with a hired British nuclear engineer, John Large, the environmental group this month tried to inspect the Lanyu dump.

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