Peru: Amazon Pipeline Gets Go-Ahead Amid Reports Of ‘Cover-Up’

Peru: Amazon Pipeline Gets Go-Ahead Amid Reports Of ‘Cover-Up’   A 200km oil pipeline in the Amazon has been given the go-ahead, amidst controversy over a ‘cover-up’ of evidence that uncontacted Indians live in the region.   French oil company Perenco plans to spend $350m building the pipeline in northern Peru to transport $35 billion worth of oil from its block 67 project to the Pacific coast.   But a detailed article published in US news outlet Truth Out alleges that government officials,...

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