Indigenous peoples in Ecuador of cancer in women and men in the countries where there was oil production present for over 20 years. Women also reported increased rates in a copious number of physical ailments such as skin mycosis, sore throat, headaches and gastritis. The primary argument against these findings were that they were weak and biased. Texaco decided on jurisdiction in Ecuador. The case put against Texaco remained in the works for some time. In 2001, Texaco was taken over by Chevron, another oil company, which assumed the liabilities left by the previous production. On February, 2011 Chevron was found guilty after inheriting
China–Ecuador relations of between 6% and 8%, and demand payment in barrels of crude oil. In 2013, Chinese money helped cover as much as 61% of the government’s financing needs. In exchange, China has claimed nearly 90% of the country’s oil shipments over the next few years, most of which it then trades around the world and especially in the United States A new credit line is under negotiation since mid 2014, which would be in addition to $9 billion in financing that Ecuador is seeking from China for the construction of a refinery that will process 200,000 barrels of crude oil