Bagua Anniversary: One Year After Violent Clashes In Peru, Situation For Indigenous Rights Little Improved http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=2113

"The ongoing pursuit of politically motivated legal charges against indigenous leaders is a concrete example of how the Garcia administration has not been engaging in good faith reconciliation efforts," said Gregor MacLennan, Peru Program Coordinator for Amazon Watch. "The government continues to fuel tensions by turning over large areas of indigenous lands to oil companies without their consent." 

The Garcia administration recently came under fire for opening dozens more new oil and gas concessions on indigenous lands in violation of indigenous peoples legal rights and the recommendations of the UN International Labor Organization.

In February 2010, the International Labor Organization (ILO) recommended that the Peruvian government "suspend the exploration and exploitation of natural resources which are affecting [indigenous peoples]" until the government has developed consultation and participation mechanisms in compliance with the ILO convention 169 on the rights of indigenous peoples.

comment-also see..Remarks by President Obama and President Alan García of Peru in the Oval Office http://bit.ly/dByeTe  Peru I think has been an extraordinary success story over the last several years. We’ve seen not only the solidification of a thriving democracy

democracy?see...Viola Wilkins: Indigenous Actor Q’orianka Kilcher Arrested at White House Protest in Support of Peruvian Indigenous Rights http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/3/peru  Native Peoples' Right to Consultation on Land Use Enshrined in Law http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51619 

The most serious took place Jun. 5, 2009 in the northern Amazon jungle province of Bagua, where 33 demonstrators and police were killed when the security forces clamped down on indigenous protesters. Over 70 percent of Peru's Amazon region has been handed over as concessions to oil companies, while in the Andean regions licenses for mining projects are proliferating.

Urgent Alert: Albert Pizango arrested and under threat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzJcyguTbMM&feature=player_embedded  StopPeruFTA - Free Trade Agreement With Peru  Neoliberalism alive and well, as trade deals inked between EU, Latin America http://www.bilaterals.org/spip.php?article17408  Indigenous Peoples in Peru Decry New Oil Concessions in their Amazon Territories http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=2094