http://www.karikuy.org/blog/2009/06/08/understanding-the-conflicts-in-bagua/ Peru News - Journal - Review - Travel Guide - Cookbook - Magazine - Resource - Community Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:44:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.karikuy.org/blog/2009/06/08/understanding-the-conflicts-in-bagua/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Cold Spaghetti » Blog Archive » June Just Posts for a Just World Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:13:32 +0000 http://www.karikuy.org/blog/?p=620#comment-43 [...] Peru also has experienced civil unrest. For years, indigenous peoples have lived in remote areas of the Amazon rain forest with protection from development. But the country wants to use it’s natural resources, particularly it’s forests and oil reserves, to comply with agreements the government made in the US-Peruvian free trade agreement. Violence erupted at roadblocks where people gathered to protect their land from entering developers. You can read more about the conflict at Life in Peru, particularly this post. [...] [...] Peru also has experienced civil unrest. For years, indigenous peoples have lived in remote areas of the Amazon rain forest with protection from development. But the country wants to use it’s natural resources, particularly it’s forests and oil reserves, to comply with agreements the government made in the US-Peruvian free trade agreement. Violence erupted at roadblocks where people gathered to protect their land from entering developers. You can read more about the conflict at Life in Peru, particularly this post. [...]

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