Peru's indigenous people win one round over developers
Comments OffLogging and other activities ruin tribal lands and set off protests that lead to the revocation of laws to further open the Amazon to outsiders. ‘The Indians beat them by a knockout,’ one analyst says
Peruvian tribal leader Luis Pizango says private investment in his part of the Amazon has brought only misery to him and [...]
Peru's Indian groups gain strength, push for change
Peru’s indigenous movement, which was dormant for years, has burst to life and could become a powerful political force like those in Andean neighbors Ecuador and Bolivia.
A coalition of tribes in Peru’s Amazon rain forest led months of blockades that turned into bloody clashes with police and forced Congress to overturn two laws that indigenous [...]
Peru moves to ease Amazon crisis
Peru’s government is set to send a bill to Congress revoking land laws that led to deadly clashes between police and indigenous protesters in the Amazon.
The move follows talks between the government and indigenous leaders on ways of easing tensions after more than 30 people died earlier this month.
Amazon Indians say the laws will open [...]
Protesters Gird for Long Fight Over Opening Peru’s Amazon
Faced with a simmering crisis over dozens of deaths in the quelling of indigenous protests last week, Peru’s Congress this week suspended the decrees that had set off the protests over plans to open large parts of the Peruvian Amazon to investment. Senior officials said they hoped this would calm nerves and ease the way [...]
