Peru: Peru Defies UN Breakthrough On Uncontacted Tribes

Peru: Peru Defies UN Breakthrough On Uncontacted Tribes   Peru’s government is ignoring new UN guidelines on the protection of uncontacted Indians in the Amazon.   Instead of backing the UN’s landmark report, which supports the tribes’ right to be left alone, Peru is allowing the country’s largest gas project to expand further into indigenous territories known to house numerous uncontacted Indians.   The new UN guidance makes clear that uncontacted tribes’ land should be...

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