Peru Gov’t Says Will Address Concerns In Prior Consultation Law

Peru’s Deputy Intercultural Minister, Ivan Lanegra, said Monday that the government will guarantee that the final text of the Prior Consultation Law will deal with concerns and take into account proposals made by indigenous communities, state news agency Andina said. The Prior Consultation Law was enacted by President Ollanta Humala during a ceremony in the [...]

UN indigenous rights expert calls on Peru to improve dialogue

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, urged Peru’s government on Wednesday to improve dialogue with indigenous peoples involved in recent anti-mining protests in Puno. Aymara communities began protests in early May calling for the cancellation of a silver project owned by Canadian firm Bear Creek Mining and the suspension [...]

Indigenous leaders critize sentence on Bagua conflict

Representatives from indigenous communities have criticized the sentence handed down to three military and police generals who were involved in a deadly confrontation between protesters and Peruvian soldiers and police on a remote jungle highway in June 2009. The three generals led the government’s response to the protests. They received sentences in a military court [...]

Peru’s Amazon leaders retreat insurgency call, agree to pursue claims within the law

Amazon tribal leaders agreed Saturday afternoon to retract their call for insurgency, signing an agreement with the Public Ombudsman’s Office after intense talks and agreeing to continue their demands within the rule of law.  

Puno region renamed “Quechua and Aymara Autonomous Federal Region”

By means of a simple majority vote, Puno’s Regional Council on Thursday approved a motion to change the department’s name to “Quechua and Aymara Autonomous Federal Region,” a move quickly denounced as illegal by constitutional experts and lawmakers in the capital, Lima.

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 [...]

Achuar Indians legal battle after Pluspetrol violence

Achuar Indians legal battle after Pluspetrol violence by peruviantimes