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Dirty Energy

Press Release Peru Congress Suspends Two Divisive Decrees Repression of Indigenous Protests Met with International Outcry, Solidarity Protests Held in 11 Cities Worldwide Actress Q'orianka Kilcher... June 11, 2009

News Debating Peru's Ambassador on Voice of America (in Spanish) Amazon Watch Campaigner Andrew Miller countering the Peruvian government's erroneous discourse around recent repression of the current Amazon-wide... June 11, 2009

News Blood in the jungle 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... June 11, 2009

Press Release Chevron CEO David O'Reilly Tries to Duck Ecuador Controversy at Public Debate Refuses to Talk About Ecuador At Commonwealth Club Debate June 10, 2009

News Peru suspends decree that fueled Amazon violence: lawmaker Lima - Peru's legislature on Wednesday temporarily suspended a decree easing restrictions on lumber harvesting in the Amazon... June 10, 2009

News As Tensions Flare in Peruvian Amazon, Award-Winning Actor Q'orianka Kilcher Heads to Peru to Support Indigenous Rights Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango has been granted asylum in Nicaragua after leading protests against oil and mining... June 10, 2009

News Conflicto indígena en Perú Perú presento un informe ante el consejo permanente de la OEA sobre hechos violentos en la Amazonia.Embedded video... June 9, 2009

News Peruvian Police Accused of Massacring Indigenous Protesters in Amazon Jungle Dozens of people are estimated to have been killed in clashes between police and indigenous activists protesting oil... June 8, 2009

Press Release At Least $37 Billion in Chevron Shares Voted to Defy O'Reilly's Management Over Human Rights Issues At Annual Meeting Major "No Confidence" Vote By Large Pension Funds June 8, 2009

Press Release Eyewitness Reports Accuse Peruvian Police of Disposing the Bodies of Dead Indigenous Protesters Garcia Government Makes Troubling Racial Slurs and Fear-mongeringIndigenous Leaders and Allies Call for an End to Violence on... June 8, 2009

News "Many missing" after Peru riots Dozens of people are missing feared dead in northern Peru after some of the country's worst violence for... June 8, 2009

News Clashes In Peru Leave More Than 30 Dead A nervous calm settled over Peru on Monday night, three days after clashes between indigenous citizens and national... June 8, 2009

News Peru looks for missing police, troops patrol jungle BAGUA GRANDE, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian troops searched for missing police and patrolled towns in the Amazon on... June 7, 2009

News Officers buried, Indian protests continue in Peru BAGUA, Peru (AP) - President Alan Garcia accused Amazon Indians of "barbarity" Sunday in the killing of 22... June 7, 2009

News Peruvian police captives killed Nine Peruvian policemen seized by Amazonian indigenous protesters have been killed during a rescue bid which freed 22... June 6, 2009

News Tribes keep Peru police hostage after Amazon fights * Deadliest unrest of President Garcia's term * Security forces retake oil pumping station * Pressure on Garcia's government YURIMAGUAS, Peru, June 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Peruvian Indians protesting mining and oil exploration in their native... June 6, 2009

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