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Pablo Fajardo (L), lawyer of the victims of enviromental damage caused during oil operations in the Ecuadoran Amazon from 1964 to 1990 blamed on Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001 celebrates with his clients, during a press conference in Quito on July 11, 2018. - Ecuador's highest court upheld in a ruling released Tuesday a $9.5 billion damages award against oil giant Chevron over decades of pollution that harmed indigenous people. But the decision by the Constitutional Court is largely symbolic because Chevron now owns no assets in Ecuador, meaning the country will have to keep pressing its case in foreign courts. (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP) (Photo credit should read RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)