Peruvian authorities shit down Radio La Voz de Bagua on grounds that it encouraged the Amazon protest movement, while opposition lawmakers were suspended for protesting the Amazon repression.
Peru’s congress temporarily suspended two decrees issued by President Alan García that would open vast areas of the Amazon to corporate exploitation, as protests mount across the country.
By order of President Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua granted asylum to Alberto Pizango, the Peruvian indigenous leader wanted on charges of sedition for leading protests in the Amazon.
Peru’s largest labor confederation, the CGTP, condemned “the slaughter ordered by the government of President Alan García,” referring to the repression of indigenous protests in the Amazon.
Indigenous protesters armed with spears are seizing raods across Peru’s Amazonas region, as the death toll since Friday’s police attack on a road blockade rose to an estimated 60.
Peruvian national police forces staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people at a peaceful blockade on a road in remote Amazonas region, leaving at least 25 dead and many more injured.
Indigenous protesters seized two valves on the pipeline that moves natural gas from Peru’s Camisea field in the Amazon to the Pacific coast, and pledge to resist army troops that have been sent in.
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) held a one-day nationwide strike in support of indigenous people protesting in the Amazon region against corporate exploitation of their lands.
A manhunt has been launched after dozens of prisoners escaped from Bagua Grande prison in Peru‘s Amazonas region and fled into the jungle in a daring jailbreak.
A Canadian oil company has signed a deal with Peru’s government allowing it to explore land inhabited by one of the world’s last uncontacted indigenous tribes.
The Movement of People Harmed by Dams (MAB) protested in Belém, capital of Brazil’s Pará state, to demand the release of 18 people arrested when police broke up a sit-in at the Tucuruí dam.
Kichua and Arabela tribesmen are blockading one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Río Napo, to protest the violation of their land rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.
