Massacre of Indigineous Amazonians in Peru – 25 dead and counting

Massacre of Indigineous Amazonians in Peru

“This government disregards the indigenous people.” was what they said a week before being shot at from helicopters

An ongoing, many month old peaceful protest in the Bagua region of the north western area of Peru was brutally attacked yesterday by state forces, resulting in the deaths of, at least, 25 native Indigenous Amazonian Peruvians. A motorway in the “curve of the devil” region had been blocked by local communities of the area who feel their land, health, livlihood and community is threathened by the governments giveaway of the area, and its precious resources, to multinational oil and gas exploration. They are perhaps right to feel sad, threathened and terrified, knowing how things have faired in neighbouring areas with a similar story, Sion, Equador and beyond…

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