More than 100 people -- street theater performers, people in penguin suits and the son of a Nobel Prize winner among them -- protested outside of ChevronTexaco's headquarters Wednesday morning as the company held its annual shareholders meeting inside.
A small delegation of protesters was inside the meeting. But company Chairman David O'Reilly limited comments from protesters, there to press him about pollution in the Ecuadorian rain forest they contend was caused by a former Texaco subsidiary.
The crowd in front of ChevronTexaco -- whose large sign in front had been dismantled before Wednesday's protests -- swelled from one to dozens to about 150, supporting various environmental or human rights groups.
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