A new Chevron corporate ad campaign is drawing fire from groups that are now pushing the oil giant to stop doing business with Myanmar's repressive regime. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer
Rights and its OilWatchdog.org unit are calling on Chevron CEO David O'Reilly to "immediately sever Chevron's ties to Myanmar's brutal government and personally speak out against its violent
suppression of peaceful protest."
In a letter to O'Reilly, OilWatchdog cofounder Judy Dugan charges the multimillion dollar "Human Energy" ad campaign portrays a company that cares,
but "given your investment in Myanmar alone, that is a gauzy, gorgeous lie." Chevron has interests in natural gas fields in the Southeast Asian nation that are exempt from an embargo by the U.S. and
European nations. The letter argues the company's lack of support for a recent political uprising in Myanmar runs counter to the marketing efforts peaceful, productive tone.
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