Aguaruna and Huambisa Indians attack and destroy Dorato Resources’ mining camp in Peru’s Cordillera del Condor

Fearing environmental contamination of their rivers and land, Aguaruna and Huambisa Indians trekked for a week from the Cenepa community in Peru’s northeastern jungle and attacked and destroyed Dorato Resources’ El Tambo mining camp. The unoccupied mining camp has been destroyed, said Zebelio Kayap Jempekit, an Aguaruna-Huambisa leader who claims that copper, gold and uranium [...]

President Garcia’s communal land rights decree faces opposition from Peru’s indigenous right groups

Peru’s campesino and indigenous rights groups are in an uproar over a presidential decree they say is designed to strip them of their full rights to their communal lands for outside development. President Alan Garcia signed into law the Legislative Decree Nº 1015 on Tuesday, without congressional approval, simplifying the process for private investors to [...]