Peru: Road Blockades in San Martín Region

Posted 25 April 2009 8:05 GMT

Countries	Peru
Topics	Governance, Indigenous, Protest
Languages	Spanish

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· Perú: Bloqueo de carreteras en la Región San Martín

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The Blog de Ideeleradio - Red Nacional informs about the road blockade protests by 7,000 members of indigenous communities in the cities of Tarapoto and Yurimaguas. They say that they are protesting against government measures that will violate their right to stay on their land.

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[...] good for mining and oil exploration, and some say that is where the real intentions lie. Recently these protests have restarted throughout different parts of the Amazon region, Tarapoto, Yurimaguas, the Napo Rivers, and other [...]

# 7 May 2009, 0:56 am
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[...] good for mining and oil exploration, and some say that is where the real intentions lie. Recently these protests have restarted throughout different parts of the Amazon region, Tarapoto, Yurimaguas, the Napo Rivers, and other [...]

# 7 May 2009, 2:20 am
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[...] good for mining and oil exploration, and some say that is where the real intentions lie. Recently these protests have restarted throughout different parts of the Amazon region, Tarapoto, Yurimaguas, the Napo Rivers, and other [...]

# 15 May 2009, 11:32 am

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