OPINION: State of emergency against Indigenous Amazon tribes

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 [...]

Authorities estimate new oil reserves in northeast Peru

Authorities from the Energy and Mines Ministry estimate that two blocks in Peru’s north eastern Loreto Department contain some 500 million barrels of heavy oil. The Vice Minister of Energy, Pedro Gamio, told Agencia Andina the oil is located in block 39, under exploration by Spain’s Repsol YPF, and block 67, under exploration concession to [...]