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Brazil: Amazon peoples declare against hydro

The Munduruku indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon charge that the government is militarizing their lands to quell opposition to mega-scale hydroelectric projects.

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Peru: new incident at Bagua

A new clash between army troops and locals left two injured at Bagua in the Peruvian Amazon—as prosecutors seek life terms for indigenous leaders in the 2009 violence there.

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Bolivia: deforestation decree protested

A new law promulgated by Bolivia’s President Evo Morales forgives past illegal deforestation in the name of boosting food production—drawing criticism from ecologists.

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Peru: suit launched to stop Camisea expansion

Peru's Amazonian organizations are suing the government and oil companies over proposals to expand the Camisea gas project into land inhabited by "uncontacted" or isolated tribes. 

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Ecuador: indigenous protests as oil blocs sold

Indigenous protesters blocked Quito’s Marriott Hotel, where a major sale of Amazon oil blocs was underway. Riot police and military troops were brought in to clear the blockade.

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Peru: Amazonian leaders press land demarcation

Amazonian leaders issued an open letter to President Ollanta Humala demanding that funds for the continued demarcation of indigenous lands be included in Peru's 2013 budget.

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Argentina freezes Chevron assets in Ecuador case

An Argentine judge embargoed Chevron’s assets in the country, a win for plaintiffs trying to collect a $19 billion judgment against the company in Ecuador for environmental damage.

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Brazil: Guarani threaten mass suicide?

A Guarani-Kaiowa tribe in Mato Grosso do Sul say their eviction from ancestral lands following a court order obtained by a rancher will mean their “collective death.”

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Peru: will land titling undercut Sendero?

Peru is titling campesino lands in the Huallaga Valley in a bid to undercut support for Sendero Luminoso—but communal title is being phased out under neoliberal dogma.