OPINION: State of emergency against Indigenous Amazon tribes
May 12, 2009 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
Editorial column from Monday’s Diario La Primera ~ By Roger Rumrill* ~ Dr. Alan Garcia Perez’s government has decreed, as of Saturday, May 9, a state of emergency in almost the entire Amazon territory, out there where the indigenous organizations are protesting with strikes, marches and even blockades of rivers and highways against a package [...]
Catholic Bishops in Peru’s Amazon call for protection of ethnic communities
May 9, 2009 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
A call for real and inclusive dialogue with indigenous communities and the repeal of several Amazon development laws was made this week by the bishops of eight Catholic vicariates in Peru’s Amazon region. In a public statement, the bishops urge President Alan Garcia and Congress to repeal two laws and seven decrees that they claim [...]
