Indigenous People Block Rivers In Loreto, Peru: Authorities Fail To Listen

Indigenous People Block Rivers In Loreto, Peru: Authorities Fail To Listen   Translated from Spanish, Original Below   Several boats are stranded for a week due to the blockade, by some two thousand Indians, income and output by the basins of the rivers Tigre and Corrientes, in Loreto, demanding attention to their demands, such as the degree of communities, implementation of a medical facility and payment of compensation for the use of river and land by oil companies.   The protest,...

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