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Indigenous Tribes Slaughtered For Dwindling Comodities »
Posted by: Mikunited 5 months ago in Political News
Across the globe, as mining and oil firms race for dwindling resources, indigenous peoples are battling to defend their lands – often paying the ultimate price
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Peru's Indians And English Priest Fight Government And Big Oil »
Posted by: Mikunited 4 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
The extraordinary story of how Peru's Indians and English priest Brother Paul are fighting to the death to protect their way of life and ...
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Oil and Indians Don't Mix : Lately the Natives are shoo-ing back. »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
There's an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then ...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Disputed Peru land laws suspended »
Posted by: ConquistadorForLife 5 months ago in News
The laws are designed to regulate investment in the Amazon, but indigenous groups say they will lose control of their natural resources.
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Chicama, Peru »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 6 months ago in Sports
A truly amazing surf spot in Peru, a seemingly never ending left that just keeps on peeling away. Supposedly runs 6km in the right conditions ...
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Fossil of 10 million-year-old bird found in Peru »
Posted by: WikiMap 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Paleontologists working in Peru have found a fossil from a bird that lived 10 million years ago, scientists said on Friday after returning from the ...
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'Ancient city unearthed' in Peru! »
Posted by: BronxBomber 10 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Researchers in Peru say they have discovered the ruins of an entire city - possibly the "missing link" between ancient cultures.
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Police Violently Attack Peaceful Indigenous Blockade in Peru »
Posted by: Natureboy 5 months ago in News
At least twenty indigenous Awajun and Wambis have died and hundreds more have been injured after a brutal confrontation this morning (June 5) on the ...
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Bus crash kills at least 22 in Peru - CNN.com »
Posted by: travelcn 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
At least 22 people died and another 31 were injured in eastern Peru when a bus plunged off a mountain road, news reports said Monday.
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Peru -- Indigenous Rights vs Corporate Interests »
Posted by: berkeley 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Alan Garcia is no friend of the indigenous, thus his close relationship with the former Bush Administration should come as no surprise. Garcia’s sponsorship ...
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Peru -- Nine more police killed in Amazon protests »
Posted by: berkeley 5 months, 1 week ago in News
On Friday, Pizango accused Garcia's government of "genocide" for attacking what he called a peaceful protest. Indians have been blocking roads, waterways and a ...
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The Comforts of Impunity »
Posted by: populist 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Retired military officers facing prosecution in Peru for cases of corruption or human rights violations allegedly committed during the 1980-2000 civil war are awaiting trial ...
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The Best Adventurous Destinations Of The World »
Posted by: EnlistMedia 1 month ago in News
Best Adventurous Destinations Of The World is australian outback, the grand canyon, machu picchu peru, The galapagos islands, skydiving, Climbing mount everest etc.
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Peru archeologists inaugurate new museum at Sipan »
Posted by: Deidre 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
LAMBAYEQUE, Peru (Reuters Life!) - The newest display of Peruvian archeology opened on Thursday -- just a few feet from where the golden tomb of the Lord ...
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For Peruvians, Baskets for the U.S. Market Bring a New Way of Life »
Posted by: Deidre 9 months, 3 weeks ago in News
SAN ANTONIO DE PINTUYACU, Peru — Women in this remote Amazon village can weave fibers from the branch of the chambira palm tree into practically anything ...
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