Agence France-Presse: Thousands of Indigenous Peruvians have scored a victory over President Alan Garcia’s Government when Congress repealed two laws that opened up their Amazon tribal lands to development. About 12,000 Peruvians from 65 tribes occupied oil and electricity plants in the Amazon basis from August 9 before agreeing to a 48-hours truce late on Wednesday after the president of Congress promised to revise the controversial laws. Hundreds who gathered in the plaza of the north-eastern …
Aug 23rd, 2008 by Administrator |
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