Peru: Peruvian Government Commission Confirms Contamination By Maple Energy In The Amazon

Peru: Peruvian Government Commission Confirms Contamination By Maple Energy In The Amazon   A special multi-sectoral commission created under the recently elected Peruvian President Ollanta Humala investigated and confirmed Maple Energy’s continuing contamination of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. In the commission’s four days of meetings with the indigenous communities of Canaán de Cachiyacu and Nuevo Sucre, the commission also confirmed Maple’s role in health problems in the...

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