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Peru: three dead in miner’s uprising
A day of pitched street-fighting left three dead, some 35 wounded and 60 detained in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, as small-scale gold miners continued their civil strike.
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Peru: indigenous movement calls for new regulations on Law of Prior Consultation
Representatives of indigenous organizations in Peru met in Lima to announce that they have rejected proposed implementing regulations for the new Law of Prior Consultation for Indigenous and Original Peoples, and submitted proposals for improving it.
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Peru: illegal loggers seized days after photos of “uncontacted” indigenous group released
Peru raided an illegal logging site in Manú National Park, just days after the UK-based Survival International released the first detailed photos of the “uncontacted” Mashco-Piro tribe that inhabits the Amazon rainforest reserve.
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Bolivia: “ethnocide” feared after new consultation law on Amazon highway
Indigenous leaders in Bolivia have filed a complaint with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission over a new “consultation law” they say is designed to lubricate approval of the controversial Amazon highway that has already led to violence.
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Venezuela: independent gold prospectors march in BolÃvar after violence
Hundreds of independent small-scale gold miners marched on the Venezuelan city of BolÃvar to protest the militarization of Manaima district, where security forces have been sent in to crack down on unlicensed operations following a violent clash in the area.
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Ecuador: Kichwa announce march for water
The Kichwa Confederation of Ecuador (ECUARUNARI) announced a national mobilization that will converge on Quito from points around the country next month to oppose what leaders call President Rafael Correa’s policies in favor of the resource industries.
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Bolivia: pro-highway marchers arrive in La Paz
Bolivia’s government says it will coordinate with the leaders of a cross-country march in favor of a new road into the Amazon rainforest on repeal of a law that suspended the project after a bigger cross-country march in opposition last year.
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Peru: indigenous groups reject draft regulations on Law of Prior Consultation
In a series of regional consultations, Peru’s indigenous leaders found that proposed regulations implementing a new law on indigenous territorial rights do not meet standards established by Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization.
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Peru: more photos released of “uncontacted” Amazon peoples —as roads encroach
Survival International has released new photos of an “uncontacted” indigenous band in Peru. With illegal logging interests and proposed highway projects rapidly encroaching on their territory, Peru’s government has denied the “uncontacted” peoples exist.
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Second Circuit allows Ecuador court’s $18 billion judgment against Chevron
The US appeals court in Manhattan lifted an injunction won by Chevon Corporation to block enforcement of what the US oil company claims is a fraudulent, multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador for polluting the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil: loggers invade tribal home of Amazon indigenous child “burned alive”
Loggers have invaded the Brazilian Amazon home of an “uncontacted” Awa-Gwajá band, a sub-group of the Awá indigenous people, after a young girl was reportedly burned alive as a warning to terrorize the band.
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Ecuador court upholds multi-billion dollar fine against Chevron
The Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Ecuador upheld a multi-billion dollar fine against Chevron for polluting large areas of the Amazon rainforest in the 1980s. Chevron protested the ruling as illegitimate and unenforceable.