Ecuadorans wage legal battle against US oil company.

Reports about the class action suit filed by Maria Aguinda and other members of Quechua Indian farming community residing in the Oriente forests of Rumipamba and the colonists in Ecuador against Texaco, the US oil company that started the road construction work in the forests and developed Ecuador's oil operation. Charges of deforestation, water contamination and disposal of toxic waste against the company; Details of the legal suit. INSET: A biologically rich region, by J.E..