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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

New report shows Peru Government’s betrayal of Indigenous Peoples http://intercontinentalcry.org/new-report-shows-the-peru-governments-betrayal-of-indigenous-peoples/

Six weeks ago, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced that it was “indefinitely suspending” the exploration activities of a Canadian mining company inside the sacred territory of the Awajun and Wampis Peoples.The announcement was curiously timed just a few days before a new mobilization was supposed to be launched in the Amazon. In part, the planned protest was going to be aimed at the Canadian company, Minera Afrodita (Dorato Resources) , who is believed to be contaminating the Cenepa and Maranon rivers with mercury and cyanide waste.

As many as 13 thousand indigenous people depend on these two rivers. Nevertheless, the Awajun and Wampis couldn’t take the chance of ignoring the Ministry’s words.But as the days went by, it became clear to the Awajun and Wampis–along with the international community–that Peru had no intention of actually halting the company’s work. In retrospect, February 17 was just another day in Peru’s legacy of betraying Indigenous Peoples.

A new report by ODECOFROC (the Organization for the Development of the Border Communities of El Cenepa), a group that represents 56 Awajun and Wampis communities in the Amazon, reveals a number of other government betrayals central to the Indigenous Peoples’ territory. This is also the subject of a new film by ODECOFROC and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, titled, Amazonia for Sale.

comment-this is same government praised by washington in region,wich also uses us military aid to consolidate its power ...U.S. military and police aid grants by country | Country or region (total aid since 1996 Peru ($842,530,761) http://justf.org/Country?country=Peru

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