Peru: Amazon uprising spreads

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.

Peru: 25 dead as National Police attack Amazon road blockade

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.

Peru: protesters seize Camisea pipeline valves, pledge to resist army

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.

Peru: strike backs indigenous protests

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.

Peru: dozens decamp in jungle jailbreak

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.

Peru: Canadian oil company signs deal to explore uncontacted tribe’s land

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.

Brazil: dam protesters arrested

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.

Peru: indigenous peoples block Amazon tributary to resist oil operations

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.

Peru: indigenous occupy Amazon airfield

At least 200 indigenous Yashínanka and Yines occupied the airport in Atalaya, in Peru’s Amazonian area, to press demands for an end to the granting of local lands for mining and oil drilling.

Peru: oil rush accelerates, government weighs new reserves for uncontacted tribes

Peru’s state oil company announced it will auction off up to twelve new “lots” for oil and gas exploration—including in reserves inhabited by uncontacted indigenous tribes.

Peru: Colombian state oil company set to enter uncontacted tribal lands

Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol is to enter territory inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted indigenous peoples in the Peruvian rainforest under an agreement reached this week.

Brazil: Supreme Court rules Raposa-Serra do Sol indigenous territory

In a landmark ruling, Brazil’s Supreme Court found that the Raposa-Serra do Sol indigenous reserve in the northern Amazon should be maintained as a contiguous territory.