Oil Spills Contaminate Amazon Waterways
Peru – Three devastating oil spills have occurred in the Peruvian Amazon since January 25th…
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Wampis Nation Establishes the 1st Autonomous Indigenous Government in Peru
Written by Fionuala Cregan for intercontinentalcry.org, on December 4, 2015 For most Peruvians it was a Sunday like any…
Peru: Police Open Fire on Mining Protesters Killing Three
Police opened fire on the Peruvian highlands farmers protesting a $7.4bn Chinese-owned copper mining project,…
Seizing Wells and Going on Strike, Indigenous Activists Stand Up to Big Oil
by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Common Dreams The Indigenous activists want clean water, compensation for oil pollution,…
Peru: Shougang Mining Worker Killed in Marcona Protests
The Marcona district, located in the province of Nasca, Peru remains paralyzed as citizens support…
Peru: State of Emergency Declared in Islay, 1 More Death & Journalists Threatened as Tia Maria Protests Continue
The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Friday May 22, day 62 of…
Peru: Ongoing Protests & Strikes Against Tia Maria Mining Project
Opposition to the Tia Maria project in southern Peru is now in its sixth year.…
Watch Democracy Now Broadcast LIVE From the U.N. Climate Change Summit in Lima, Peru
From December 8-12, Democracy Now! will broadcast from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima,…
Indigenous protest in Peruvian Amazon
Alianza Arkana – About one thousand Kukama Kukamilla people of the Marañon river basin, among them grandfathers…
Peru: Community Resisting Mining Project In Yanacocha Facing State Repression, Mass Arrests
The leaders of the Conga communities, who have for months been opposing a mining project…
Mass trial of indigenous leaders set to begin this week in Peru
Intercontinental Cry – A massive trial involving 53 Indigenous leaders and activists is set to…
World-Wide, Women Rally To Smash Patriarchy And Exploitation
8th of March is the day women remember why they struggle against patriarchy, oppression, inequality…
Latin America & Coups: A Historical Retrospective on Regime Changes
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana 1906 We’ve…
What Will It Take To Stop TPP Fast Track? #TPPFastTrack
The Trans Pacific Partnership, otherwise know as the TPP, is a global corporate coup that…
The World in Protest, Week of July 4th to 11th, 21 Countries in 122 Images w/info.
The World in Protest, week of July 4th to 11th, 21 Countries in 122 Images…
Peru: Violent Repression of Protest over President Humala’s civil service plan.
Thursday, July 4th. Police in Peru have fired tear gas at students and civil servants…