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Repeat Oil Spills Turning Peruvian Amazon into 'Sacrifice Zone' for Big Oil

Fed Up with Inaction, Peruvian Tribe Takes Hostages Following Amazon Oil Spills

Nika Knight, staff writer

An Indigenous community at the epicenter of the devastating oil spills in the Amazon has taken 8 hostages in an attempt to force the central government to pay attention to its plight

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As Rivers Run Black in Peru, Indigenous Tribes Left Cleaning Big Oil's Disaster

Nika Knight, staff writer

"Those responsible, where are they?" Water supply and delicate ecosystem...

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Seizing Wells and Going on Strike, Peruvian Protesters Stand Up to Big Oil

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The Indigenous activists want clean water, compensation for oil pollution, and...

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Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes

How One Indigenous Woman Took On a Multinational Mining Corporation... And Won

Murder in the Rainforest: Local Activists and the Global Politics of Climate Change

Kerry Offers 'Fancy Words,' But US Inaction Blasted as Lima Talks Limp To End

Marching in Defense of Mother Earth, Thousands in Lima Demand Climate Justice Now!

Ahead of UN Talks, Real Hope Placed in 'Contagious Courage' of Climate Movement

Indigenous Groups Occupy Airport Near Amazon Oil Reserves

Death of 'Irrepressible' Forest Defender Prompts Investigation

Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Peru: Decision to Overturn Fujimori Pardon Confirms That Victims’ Rights Must Take Priority Over Political Decisions

Earthrights International

Peruvian Farmers Appeal in Fight to Hold Newmont Accountable in U.S. Court

Earthrights International

Peruvian Subsistence Farmer Asks Court to Continue Case Against U.S. Company in Delaware

Earthworks

Latin American Environmental Defender Attacked, Hospitalized

Center for Reproductive Rights

New Human Rights Case Filed on Behalf of Peruvian Rape Survivor Denied Emergency Contraception at Public Hospital

Center for Reproductive Rights

Peruvian Government Publicly Recognizes Human Rights Violations Against Rape Survivor As Part of Landmark U.N. Abortion Case

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