Condoleezza Rice’s
Chevron Service
Could Pose Conflicts

The Public i attempted to contact Rice about her experience with Chevron, but she did not return calls. However, she said on the Fox TV broadcast, "I’m very proud of my association with Chevron, and I think we should be very proud of the job that American oil companies are doing in exploration abroad, in exploration at home, and in making certain that we have a safe energy supply."

But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for Chevron abroad. The oil giant has been accused of complicity with the Nigerian military and Mobile Police — a force so brutal it is known locally as the "Kill ’n Go" — in perpetrating human rights abuses, including extrajudiciary killings, beatings and detentions against local communities who have protested Chevron’s production activities in Nigeria’s delta region.

The problems surrounding Chevron’s oil and natural gas production and exploration in the Nigerian delta have their roots in the country’s political and economic history.