Peru: oil company poised to enter uncontacted tribes' territory

[Judi Lynn]

Peru: oil company poised to enter uncontacted tribes' territory
Submitted by WW4 Report on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 02:10.

An Anglo-French oil company is poised to send more than 1,000 workers into a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted indigenous tribes. The company, Perenco, has just been given the go-ahead from the Peruvian government to drill for oil in the region. It is estimated to be the biggest oil discovery in Peru in 30 years.

Perenco denies the existence of uncontacted tribes in the area, despite confirmation of their existence by Peru's government, Ecuador’s government, the company that used to work in the area (Barrett Resources), and Peru's indigenous organizations. Ecuador's government has even allocated $38,000 to protect the tribes, and Barrett admitted contact with them was "probable."

Peru's Amazonian indigenous organization, AIDESEP, is opposed to Perenco's plans. It has appealed to Latin America’s top human rights body, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, urging it to help prevent Perenco working in the region.

Despite this, Perenco intends to construct 14 oil wells and transport between 1,400 and 1,680 workers into the area. Contact between them and uncontacted Indians could end in violent conflict or the decimation of the Indians by disease.

More:
http://ww4report.com/node/6633

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The fascists among us believe nothing in the world is as sacred as allowing the corporations to increase their profits.

Many people mourn for the loss of the indigenous peoples' world, their only known haven, shelter, home.

[Mika]

1. Manifest destiny still at work.

Blessed are the corporations

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thank you, Mika. Only a fool would not feel heartbroken knowing what has happened here.

How could anyone be so twisted he'd allow himself to do this?

Thank you for taking the time, energy, depth needed to provide this REAL reminder of what many attempt to justify, or ignore.

Stealing land, killing the inhabitants. It still continues.

Give these people their lives back. Give them their peace back. Give them back their hope.