Arizona Daily Star: Peru’s congress voted Friday to repeal two laws facilitating the sale of Indian lands that had generated protests by dozens of tribes in the Amazon rain forest. Lawmakers voted 66-29 in favor of repealing the laws, which were passed by presidential decree earlier this year to promote private investment in tribal lands. Thousands of Indians celebrated the lawmakers’ decision in the main plaza of Bagua, a Peruvian jungle city where protesters clashed with police on …
Aug 23rd, 2008 by Administrator |
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