Perenco and armed forces break Indigenous blockade
A gunboat belonging to Peru’s armed forces has broken through an Indian river blockade in the northern Peruvian Amazon.
A gunboat belonging to Peru’s armed forces has broken through an Indian river blockade in the northern Peruvian Amazon.
Peru’s government has shown its determination to permit work on uncontacted tribes’ land by passing a law declaring oil exploitation in northern Peru a ‘national necessity.’
The chairman of Anglo-French oil company Perenco has told the Peruvian president his company will invest $2 billion in the country, as Indians protest against the invasion of their territories by oil companies.
A large number of Indians have blockaded one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Napo River, in response to the violation of their rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.
Peru’s government is being urged to respect the only international law on tribal peoples after a series of complaints that it was failing to do so.
Peru’s national Indigenous organisation, AIDESEP, has slammed a recent government meeting about new uncontacted tribes’ reserves.
Peru’s national Indigenous organisation, AIDESEP, has urged the Peruvian government to create five new reserves for uncontacted tribes living in the remote rainforest.
Peru’s Indigenous affairs department (INDEPA) has announced it will hold a meeting to discuss the creation of five new reserves for uncontacted tribes in the remote rainforest.