Amazonian Conflict

En Luis Enrique Alvizuri in english el 2009.07.20

NOTE: Article reflection published by Dr. John Odría Borea, Director of the College of Hector Cardenas, during Fiestas Patrias Peru.Fiestas Patrias offer us the opportunity to visit some of our beautiful homeland, but also give us a few days released the overwhelming pace of daily life that we can devote some time to reflect. When a person is not given for reflection inevitably lose much of their personal decision and end up dancing to what others get.As a citizen, I reflect on the past few months...

En Global Express Tours el 2009.06.22

By: Johan van Ginhoven June 15 . ? The Peruvian Government and some representatives of the Amazonian native communities started on Monday a dialogue to search a way to stop strong protests by the natives, who claim the repeal of laws that affect their territories. In a first approach, after confrontations that left 34 dead over a week ago, the Prime Minister, Yehude Simon, said the meeting in a rainforest area (Junin, 350 km. east of Lima) should conclude in a solution of the crisis. He told reporters...

En César Vásquez Bazán el 2009.06.15

We are fighting for our lives and our dignityAcross the globe, as mining and oil firms race for dwindling resources, indigenous peoples are battling to defend their lands ? often paying the ultimate price John Vidal, The Guardian, Saturday 13 June 2009It has been called the world's second "oil war", but the only similarity between Iraq and events in the jungles of northern Peru over the last few weeks has been the mismatch of force. On one side have been the police armed with automatic...

En Chicobilly and other stories el 2009.06.13

Jun 11th 2009 LIMA From The Economist print edition Alan García?s high-handed government faces a violent protest FOR seven weeks tens of thousands of Amazonian Indians blocked roads and rivers across eastern Peru. They seized hydroelectric plants and pumping stations on oil and gas pipelines to try to force the repeal of decrees facilitating oil exploration, commercial farming and logging in parts of the jungle. Petroperu, the state oil company, had to shut a pipeline that carries 40,000 barrels of...

En Inti Aperture el 2009.06.10

Since last Friday tensions have been high in the city of Bagua, located in the northwestern part of Peru. The PNP (Peruvian National Police) and the Amazonian natives have been in conflict over a government decision to take land that is considered to be rich in natural resources (oil). What started as a roadblock protest by hundreds of natives turned into a massacre as both civilians and police were killed when the protest broke out into violence. In total it is estimated that 33 people, 22 of them...

En Virtù e Fortuna el 2007.12.19

. Encontré por ahí artículos interesantes, de Mario Vargas Llosa; sobre Venezuela, de Jorge Castañeda y Michael Shifter; y un comentario de Zizek en el que llama a respaldar a Chávez (para todos los gustos). The Paradoxes of Latin America Mario Vargas Llosa What does it mean to feel you are Latin American? It means being aware that the territorial boundaries dividing our nations are artificial, imposed arbitrarily during the colonial years. And neither our leaders during the emancipation period nor the...

En Vasos Comunicantes el 2007.08.06

Se presentara la relación de films, hora, y salas - Montrek Auditorio - Huaraz 8, 9, 10 y 11 de Agosto - Huaraz - Cordillera Blanca Films : - Films en competencia - Films : Presentaciones especiales - fuera de competencia - Expositores Nacionales e Internacianales - Presentación de diapositivas. - Tickets - Lugares de ventas/Huaraz - Lima - Talleres - Creación y difusión de sus films - expositor internacional - 5 minutos de break entre cada film - Entradas: En la boleteria del Auditorio Abono 4 días: 25.00...

En Bandera Negra el 2006.09.28

The story is not new. Hell, it's not even original. The Venezuelan army, bolstering and under bolibananian orders, committed another act (or rather, series of acts) which resulted in the deaths of countless innocent civilians. We say "countless" because, as is also part of the well-practiced travesty, the number of civilians killed by "friendly" fire has been kept secret. The Paragua Massacre The details are still sketchy. Some survivors and eyewitnesses say mining workers were attacked by commando-type...