The Andes
Peru: mine opponents disrupt Arequipa festivities
Opponents of the disputed Tia Maria mega-mine held a dissident contingent at the parade marking the 475th anniversary of the founding of Arequipa, Peru.
Tag: Peru
The Andes
Peru: naked protesters storm congress
National Police troops used tear-gas and armored vehicles against hundreds of partially naked marchers for abortion rights who attempted to storm Peru's Congress building.
The Andes
Peru: army claims rescue of Sendero slaves
Peru's army announced that it had "rescued" 39 people—the majority indigenous Asháninka and 26 of them underage—who were held captive in Sendero Luminoso camps.
The Amazon
Peru: plan to ‘contact’ isolated tribe draws protest
Indigenous advocates are urgently opposing a plan by Peru's Culture Ministry to establish "contact" with an isolated band in the Amazon under pressure from illegal loggers.
The Andes
Colombia overtakes Peru in coca production
Colombia surpassed Peru last year in land under coca cultivation, resuming the dubious honor of the number one position for the first time since 2012.
The Amazon
Peru: Amazonians suspend dialogue over oil bloc
Citing a lack of cllarity from Peru's government, traditional leaders of indigenous peoples suspended dialogue in the "consultation" process over oil operations in the Amazon.
The Amazon
Trans-Amazon rail project strikes fear in tribes
Indigenous people and advocacy groups charge the mega-project to build a transcontinental railway through the Amazon basin would mean "genocide" for isolated tribes.
The Andes
Peru: Sendero links to Colombian cartel claimed
Peru's authorities claim to have evidence that the neo-Senderistas are in league with a re-organized Colombian cocaine cartel, ironically known as the "Cafeteros" (coffee-producers).
The Andes
Peru: one dead in Nazca iron mine strike
One was killed at some 200 injured when police fired on striking miners blocking a highway near the Shougang Hierro iron mine in Peru's coastal province of Nazca.
The Andes
Peru declares martial law at disputed mine site
Peru's government declared a two-month period of martial law in the southern region of Arequipa where residents are protesting the construction of a copper mine.
The Amazon
China pushes trans-Amazon railway project
China's Premier Li Keqiang, on a tour of South America, is plugging a transcontinental railway project that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
The Andes
Peru: mine project suspended after deadly protests
Southern Copper Corp announced a 60-day halt in its huge Tia Maria project in southern Peru following seven weeks of escalating protests in which three have been killed.