Peru army call for Amazon protest
Peru authorises the temporary use of the armed forces to support police over protests by indigenous tribes in the Amazon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/8054043.stm
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
5/16/2009
Film on Amazon, May 17, Weymouth Center
Film about the Amazon jungle...
Perhaps you saw his show at the Campbell House "The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
Here is link...with upcoming destinations of his art exhibit
"The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
also a link to Weymouth Center.. http://www.davidhewsonart.com/
http://www.weymouthcenter.org/
Location: 555 East Connecticut Avenue, across the street from the Campbell House, home of the Arts Council of Moore County, and four blocks east of Broad Street, the Southern Pines business district.
Perhaps you saw his show at the Campbell House "The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
Here is link...with upcoming destinations of his art exhibit
"The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
also a link to Weymouth Center.. http://www.davidhewsonart.com/
http://www.weymouthcenter.org/
Location: 555 East Connecticut Avenue, across the street from the Campbell House, home of the Arts Council of Moore County, and four blocks east of Broad Street, the Southern Pines business district.
3/20/2009
Land Use for Indigenous Rights
Land boost for Brazilian Indians
Brazil's top court approves a large reservation for the sole use of Amazonian Indians, in a boost to indigenous rights.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7954121.stm
Brazil's top court approves a large reservation for the sole use of Amazonian Indians, in a boost to indigenous rights.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7954121.stm
8/19/2008
State of Emergency--Peru
[from Democracynow.org]
Peru Declares State of Emergency Following Indigenous Protests
Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in three northern provinces following nine days of protests by indigenous groups in the Amazon basin. Members of sixty-five Indian tribes are protesting a law that would make it easier for communal land to be sold to developers. The protests began when the Indians blocked an important natural gas installation and oil pipeline. Peru’s Environment Minister Antonio Brack condemned the protests.
Antonio Brack: “The indigenous groups have occupied the Corral Quemado bridge, closed the marginal motorway and threatened to shut off the oil and gas pipelines in Camisea, and the Peruvian state can’t allow this to happen.”
But indigenous activists vowed to keep fighting to protect their land.
Indigenous activist: “We conserve the environment. We are not ignorant. We are prepared. We know that foreigners want to buy our Amazon lands, because they know they are the world’s lungs. We will not allow this. We will die fighting for our rights.”
Peru Declares State of Emergency Following Indigenous Protests
Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in three northern provinces following nine days of protests by indigenous groups in the Amazon basin. Members of sixty-five Indian tribes are protesting a law that would make it easier for communal land to be sold to developers. The protests began when the Indians blocked an important natural gas installation and oil pipeline. Peru’s Environment Minister Antonio Brack condemned the protests.
Antonio Brack: “The indigenous groups have occupied the Corral Quemado bridge, closed the marginal motorway and threatened to shut off the oil and gas pipelines in Camisea, and the Peruvian state can’t allow this to happen.”
But indigenous activists vowed to keep fighting to protect their land.
Indigenous activist: “We conserve the environment. We are not ignorant. We are prepared. We know that foreigners want to buy our Amazon lands, because they know they are the world’s lungs. We will not allow this. We will die fighting for our rights.”
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