(Editorial Translation " In praise of ... Alberto Pizango " the newspaper "The Guardian ", Wednesday June 10 , 2009)
During the past two months, the indigenous population of the Peruvian Amazon has been protesting peacefully against the destruction of their land. The Indian uprising has blocked rivers of forests to prevent the passage of barges of oil companies hoping to overturn and repeal the new laws that allow the over-exploitation of the Amazon forest by oil tankers, timber , miners, farmers in biofuels, among others.
Peru's President Alan Garcia Perez, a staunch defender of the fragmentation of forests for commercial use, justifies its position encouraged by a free trade agreement signed with the United States about three years ago.
is believed that more than 70 percent of forests have been allocated for exploration of oil resources with consequences for the ecosystem of the Amazon, and people who live within it-would be disastrous. The protests turned last Friday (05 June) in bloody clashes with the army and police as they tried to leave an obstacle. Is estimated at least 30 people and perhaps many more.
Indian spokesman, Alberto Pizango, who heads an organization that defends human rights of indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon country, which have long struggled peacefully to protect forests, has been charged with sedition by the government. Yesterday (09 June) sought asylum at the Nicaraguan embassy in Lima. Meanwhile, the protests continue.
Several oil companies involved in Peru have links with Britain, including Perenco (an Anglo-French company) with an oil project in northern Amazonas, on land that the campaign group "Survival International" said it home to at least two remote tribes.
Peru's President Alan Garcia Perez, a staunch defender of the fragmentation of forests for commercial use, justifies its position encouraged by a free trade agreement signed with the United States about three years ago.
is believed that more than 70 percent of forests have been allocated for exploration of oil resources with consequences for the ecosystem of the Amazon, and people who live within it-would be disastrous. The protests turned last Friday (05 June) in bloody clashes with the army and police as they tried to leave an obstacle. Is estimated at least 30 people and perhaps many more.
Indian spokesman, Alberto Pizango, who heads an organization that defends human rights of indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon country, which have long struggled peacefully to protect forests, has been charged with sedition by the government. Yesterday (09 June) sought asylum at the Nicaraguan embassy in Lima. Meanwhile, the protests continue.
Several oil companies involved in Peru have links with Britain, including Perenco (an Anglo-French company) with an oil project in northern Amazonas, on land that the campaign group "Survival International" said it home to at least two remote tribes.
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