Win in the Amazon

34 to 60 people were killed and many more where injured and some activist have gone missing after protests turned to clashes between Indigenous Indians of the Amazon and police in Bagua north of Peru got violent. The protests came about after the Peruvian government made changes to land laws threw there free trade agreement with the USA to allow corporations to log, drill for oil and dam the river. If the works went ahead it would have been the end of for the many indigenous group’s culture and living standards. The 400,000 strong population of the forest have been at loggerheads with the government for many weeks due to the land degrees that were issued in 2007-08.
But in the last couple of weeks the government of Peru have dropped 2 of the 9 laws to help stop unrest in the forests, which is a massive win for the people of the Amazon after there 70 day hold on all movements in the Amazon.

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