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Children play in the river just east of Lago Agrio, Ecuador, as the giant oil pipelines above them cross the Aguarico River and head west to the coast. The pollution from the oil is part of life for the people and they just live around it or beneath…

Ecuador police officers guard the court house in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, as protesters who came from hundreds of miles away demonstrate in the street. Picture taken in Ecuador, October 20, 2003.

The Steven Donziger of New York, a lawyer who represents 30,000 rain forest residents suing ChevronTexaco makes his way out from the courthouse in Lago Agrio, Ecuador. Amid a crowd of Huaorani Indians who are his clients. The Indians claim massive…

Until now, few people outside of South America have never heard of Lago Agrio, a crime-ridden oil boomtown in Ecuador’s Amazon rain forest, near the Colombia border. A trial began that’s pits California-base ChevronTexaco against 30,000…

Surrounded by police officers, Marissa Lopez 19, from Rio Linda cries out on the ground after being arrested at 15th and K St. She spit on two officers. Picture taken Sunday, June 22, 2003.

A protestor sits on the ground as marching officers make thier way towards him clearing the streets.

AG EXPO Will Gibson 4, from Sacramento blows bubbles as his mother dances in the background on the west side of the Capitol lawn. Picture taken during the rally just before the march around the capitol took place , Monday, June 23, 2003.

A lady tries to keep police away from her while protesting at the ag expo in Sacramento.

The international Ag Expo was a three day event which brought over 2,000, demonstrators from all around to converge on the community center in Sacramento. The Expo put a monumental strain on city resources putting several hundred police officers on…