Posted in -- C.S.A. -- Perspectives & Analysis by Benito, Crude Oil, Energy, Foreign Policy, Latin America, Natural Gas, Newswire, Op/Ed Excerpts, Peru, Sino-U.S. Relations, tagged Alan Garcia, Amazon, Economic Data, El Comercio, Farid Matuk, Geopolitics, human rights abuses, IncaKola, indigenous, INEI, Lima, Luis Valdivieso, Peru, Peru Protests, Peruvian Politics on June 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Oil and land rights in Peru — Blood in the jungle
FOR seven weeks tens of thousands of Amazonian Indians blocked roads and rivers across eastern Peru. They seized hydroelectric plants and pumping stations on oil and gas pipelines to try to force the repeal of decrees facilitating oil exploration…
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Finance / Investments, Foreign Policy, Industry Headlines, Latam, Latin America, Peru, Sino-U.S. Relations, United States, tagged aljazeera, Amazon, amazonas, Andes, apra, bagua, bagua grande, garcia, human rights abuses, indigenous, native indians, people, Peru, police clash, san martin on June 10, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between indigenous people and police in Peru.
The Indians have been protesting against laws which will open up communal jungle lands and water resources to oil drilling, logging and mining.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Bagua Grande in Peru.
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