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1 | Brazil: Maximum Fine After Silence on Chevron's Oil Spill | Brezila : Onitra Faratampony Taorian'ny Fahanginana Momba Ilay Fiparitahan-tsolika An-dranomasina An'ny Chevron |
2 | On 7 November, the Frade field oil platform, operated by the American drilling company Chevron-Texaco, began leaking crude oil. | Ny 7 Novambra, ilay “plateforme” fitrandrahan-tsolika Frade, izay an'ny orinasa Amerikana mpandavaka Chevron-Texaco, dia nanomboka namery solitany mbola tsy voahodina. |
3 | It is located in Bacia de Campos, 350km North from Rio de Janeiro. | Hita ao Bacia de Campos izy io, 350 km any Avaratr'i Rio de Janeiro. |
4 | Last Monday, 21 November, Chevron was fined the maximum amount allowed by IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), $R50 million (approximately $28 million USD). | Ny Alatsinainy 21 Novambra, Chevron dia voasazy handoa ny onitra ambony indrindra izay IBAMA (Ivon-toerana Breziliana ho an'ny tontolo iainana sy angovo azo havaozina) no namaritra izany, $R50 tapitrisa (eo ho eo amin'ny $28 tapitrisa USD). |
5 | Though the oil spill is now believed to have been brought under control, further explanations from Chevron are expected in the next few days. | Na dia inoana aza ankehitriny fa efa voafehy ilay fiparitahan'ny solitany, andrasana ny fanazavana misimisy kokoa avy amin'ny Chevron ato anaty ny andro vitsy ho avy. |
6 | Meanwhile, what began as scarce coverage by mainstream media has lead many bloggers to criticize the lack of journalistic depth on the intricacies of the environmental disaster. | Nandritra izany, ny fahamaivanan'ny lahatsoratra hita tamin'ny filazam-baovao mahazatra no nahatonga ireo bilaogera maro hanakiana ny tsy fahampian'ny fahamatorana eo amin'ny asa fanaovan-gazety manoloana ny vokatr'iny loza iny ho an'ny tontolo iainana. |
7 | Chevron's oil spill in Bacia de Campos, November 18, 2011. | Ilay fahavakisan'ny solitanin'i Chevron tao Bacia de Campos, 18 Novambra 2011. |
8 | Photo by Rogério Santana, Government of Rio, for release | Sary avy amin'i Rogério Santana, Governemantan'i Rio, ho havoaka |
9 | “Silence is criminal” | “Mamono ny fahanginana” |
10 | Journalist Fernando Brito, on the blog of the federal deputy Brizola Neto Tijolaço [pt], decided to “swim against the media tide” that he had considered to be mere re-publication of corporate press releases. | Ilay mpanao gazety Fernando Brito, tao amin'ny bilaogin'ilay solombavam-bahoaka federaly Brizola Neto Tijolaço [pt], dia nanapa-kevitra ny “hilomano hanohitra ny onjan'ny filazam-baovao” izay raisiny ho toy ny famerenana mamoaka tsotra sy mazava ny fampitam-baovao avy amin'ny Chevron fotsiny. |
11 | He embarked on a thorough and tireless work of investigative journalism trying to shine a light on the case, with 25 posts with denouncements in just two weeks. | Niasa mafy tsy nisy ohatra izany izy mba hahafahany manadihady hitondra hazavana amin'ilay raharaha, miaraka amin'ny lahatsoratra 25 ahitana fanambarana tao anatin'ny roa herinandro fotsiny. |
12 | What he saw as signs that something was wrong with the mainstream coverage was later explained in an interview [pt] for the blog Vi O mundo: | Nolazainy tao aminà fanadihadiana iray [pt] tao amin'ny bilaogy Vi O mundo ireo marika izay nampiseho fa misy zavatra tsy mety amin'ny fandrakofan'ireo filazam-baovao mahazatra : |
13 | First, Chevron-Texaco was slow to admit the problem and when it did, it was with a naughty note, saying that a leakage had been detected “between the Frade field and Roncador - which is operated by Petrobras - when, in fact, it happened very close to one of its drilling rigs, the Sedco706 (…). | Voalohany, Chevron-Texaco dia ela vao niaiky ilay olana ary tamin'ny fotoana nanaovana izany, dia tamin'ny taratasy kitoatoa, nanazavany fa nisy fivakisana voamarika “teo anelanelan'ny fari-pitrandrahan'i Frade sy ny any Roncador” - izay toeram-pitrandrahan'i Petrobras - izay, raha ny marina, dia nitranga teo akaikin'ny toerana misy ny fitaovam-pitrandrahany, ilay Sedco706 (…). |
14 | Second, the story that a geological fault could be the cause. | Faharoa, ny tantara milaza fa lesoka ara-jeolojika no nahatonga ilay izy. |
15 | It is unlikely that faults capable of causing a spill at sea had not been detected in seismic surveys prior to drilling. | Tsy mampino raha lesoka ampy hahatonga fahaverezana solika anaty ranomasina no tsy hita tamin'ny fitsirihana “sismique” talohan'ny fitrandrahana. |
16 | Third, even after the President Rousseff determined on 11 November a rigorous investigation of the case, our press (…) continued to give little or no importance to the case of Chevron-Texaco, a multinational company with good relations with Mr. José Serra. | Fahatelo, ny 11 Novambra, na dia tao aorian'ny fanokafan'ny Filoha Rousseff fanadihadiana mikasika ilay raharaha aza, ny filazam-baovaontsika dia (…) mbola nanohy nanome lanja kely na tsy nisy mihitsy aza ilay raharaha Chevron-Texaco, orinasa goavana tsara fifandraisana amin'ny Ramose José Serra. |
17 | [Governor and Mayor of Sao Paulo, former Brazilian Presidency candidate ]. | [Governora sady Ben'ny tananan'i Sao Paulo, kandidà ho filoha Braziliana teo aloha ]. |
18 | Giving further background to the third point above, economist Pedro Migão, from the blog Ouro de Tolo, recalls a post he wrote last year on “revelations by Wikileaks“: | Mba anomezana fanazavana misimisy momba ity teboka fahatelo ity, ilay mpahay toekarena Pedro Migão, tao amin'ny bilaogy Ouro de Tolo, dia namerina ilay lahatsoratra nosoratany tamin'ny taona lasa tao amin'ny “Ampamoakan'ny Wikileaks” : |
19 | about the lobbying of the media and politicians from the PSDB [Social Democracy Party] by American oil companies to take control of the pre-salt [layer which holds significant oil resources] - which is the world's last oil frontier. | Mikasika ilay tsindry aloka atao ny filazam-baovao sy ny politisiana avy amin'ny PSDB [Social Democracy Party] ataon'ireo orinasa Amerikana mpitrandraka solika mba handraisana ny fitantanana ny “pre-salt” [fari-dranomasina ahitana loharano-tsolika be] - izay faritry ny sisintanin-tsolika farany eto amin'izao tontolo izao. |
20 | As public debate [pt] about the environmental dangers of offshore oil drilling had been sparked, Greenpeace Brazil started spreading the hashtag #VazaChevron (Spill Chevron, a play with words meaning Go Away Chevron), and took the opportunity to promote a petition [pt] against oil exploitation by Chevron planned for the Abrolhos region, a protected area in the state of Bahia. | Araka ny adihevitra mitranga[pt] mikasika ny loza mety ho ateraky ny fitrandrahana an-dranomasina eo amin'ny totonlo iainana , Greenpeace ao Brezila dia nanomboka nanapariaka ilay tenifototra #VazaChevron (fahaverezan'ny solika Chevron, kilalaon-teny midika hoe Mandehana Mandeha ry Chevron), ary nanararaotra ilay fotoana mba hanaovana fanangonan-tsonia [pt] ho fanoherana ny fitrandrahana solitany kasain'i Chevron hatao ao amin'ny faritr'i Abrolhos, faritra arovana ao amin'ny fanjakan'i Bahia. |
21 | Greenpeace Brazil's action urges transparency by Chevron on the causes and effects of the spill | Hetsiky ny Greenpeace ao Brezila manery an'i Chevron mba hanisy fangaraharana mikasika ny antony sy ny vokatr'ilay fahaverezan-tsolika an-dranomasina. |
22 | Valéria Müller (@valeria47), tweeting from Porto Alegre, said [pt]: | Valéria Müller (@valeria47), nandefa bitsika avy ao amin'ny Porto Alegre, nilaza fa [pt]: |
23 | When you have money, you can even spill oil in the sea but it won't become news #VazaChevron | Rehefa manam-bola ianao, dia afaka ny manaparitaka solika any an-dranomasina ary tsy ho lasa vaovao izany #VazaChevron |
24 | On Twitter, many have also commented on the amount of the fine, which is just about “half a day's profit” for Chevron, such as Mirinho Braga (@mirinhobraga), Mayor of Buzios, who asks: | Ao amin'ny Twitter, dia maro ireo nanakiana ilay onitra, izay eo ho eo amin'ny “tombombarotra tapak'andro” ho an'i Chevron monja, toa an'i Mirinho Braga (@mirinhobraga),Ben'ny tananan'i Buzios, izay nametra-panontaniana hoe : |
25 | Chevron pollutes our sea… IBAMA fines the company millions. | Mandoto ny ranomasintsika ny Chevron … IBAMA dia nampandoa onitra an-tapitrisa an'ilay orinasa. |
26 | The fishermen who are harmed receive what? | Inona izany no mba azon'ireo mpanjono niharan-doza ? |
27 | Chevron's logo with an oil spill. | Ilay famantarana an'i Chevron voaloto amin'ny solika. |
28 | Shared on the blog Tijolaço. | Nozaraina tao amin'ilay bilaogy Tijolaço. |
29 | Given Chevron's “track record of fraud related to an even larger oil disaster in neighboring Ecuador”, solidarity and awareness have come from activists in that country, where rainforests have also been contaminated by the company's spills, as Global Voices reported earlier this year. | Eo anatrehan'ny “hosoka nataon'ny Chevron hita mifandray amin'ny loza ara-tsolitany goavana tany amin'ny manodidina an'i Ekatora” , nisy ny firaisankina sy fanairana avy amin'ireo mafàna fo ao amin'io firenena io, izay nahatohina ihany koa ny àlany avy tamin'ilay fahaverezan-tsolika an-dranomasina an'ilay orinasa, araka ny efa nambaran'ny Global Voices tamin'ny fanombohan'ity taona ity. |
30 | On Wednesday, November 23, Chevron is expected to give further explanations about the disaster in a public hearing of the Environmental Committee of the Senate, along with Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Mines and Energy Edison Lobao and representatives of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and IBAMA. | Ny Alarobia, 23 Novambra, Chevron dia nandrasana hanome fanazavana fanampiny mikasika ilay loza tamin'ny alalan'ny famelabelarana azon'ny daholo atrehana tao amin'ny Kaomity Momba ny Tontolo Iainana ao Amin'ny Antenimieran-doholona, teo ambany fanatrehan'ny Minisitry ny Tontolo Iainana Izabella Teixeira, Minisitry ny Harena An-kibon'ny Tany Edison Lobao ary ireo solotenan'ny “National Petroleum Agency” (ANP) sy ny IBAMA. |
31 | At the time this article was published, Fernando Brito's last post concerning Chevron's “bet on taking risks”, leaves a question in the air: | Tamin'ny fotoana namoahana ity lahatsoratra ity, ny lahatsoratr'i Fernando Brito farany mikasika “Ny amin'ny fakàna risika” ataon'i Chevron, dia mamela fanontaniana eny ho eny : |
32 | A car does not hit to be at reckless speed, but this is the context that facilitates the accident. | Ny fiara iray tsy midofotra noho ny tsy fitandremana fhafainganam-pandeha, fa zavatra izay no maha-mora ilay loza izany. |
33 | Concerning driving, however, this is a reason to have one's license revoked. | Raha ny mikasika ny familiana, indray, io no antony iray anesorana ny fahazahoan-dàlan'ny sasany. |
34 | Will Chevron-Texaco lose its license? | Ho esorina amin'ny Chevron-Texaco ve izany ny fahazoan-dàlany? |
35 | João Miguel Lima, Raphael Tsavkko and Thiana Biondo have collaborated on the research for this post. | João Miguel Lima, Raphael Tsavkko ary Thiana Biondo dia niara-nanatontosa ny fikarohana tamin'ity lahatsoratra ity. |