Peru: Iquitos Groups Mobilize To Save Nanay From Oil Development

Peru: Iquitos Groups Mobilize To Save Nanay From Oil Development   Darrin Mortenson, 2012   On Tuesday, May 8, members of a wide spectrum of Iquitos’ civil groups plan to march through the gates of the Loreto Regional Government headquarters to demand that that Regional President Iván Vásquez explain his position and open the books on oil exploration activities by U.S. energy giant ConocoPhillips near the headwaters of the Rio Nanay.   The march was called for by the grassroots...

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