Peru: Indigenous Blockade River, Thwart Talisman Operations In Peru's Amazon

Peru: Indigenous Blockade River, Thwart Talisman Operations In Peru's Amazon   Shuar join Achuar in demanding oil company abandon Block 64   More than 100 Shuar indigenous people have blockaded the Morona River, disrupting Canadian-based Talisman Energy's exploratory drilling operations in remote oil Block 64 of the Peruvian Amazon. At least four of Talisman's cargo boats have been detained in the blockade that started in the early hours of Sunday morning near the community of Puerto Juan. The...

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