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Eyes on Life in South America
As recent tension and violence escalates in Peru, Indigenous people are on edge and wondering about the future of their livelihood.
Last week serious violence erupted in Peru when many protestors - some carrying spears and machetes, launched their fight over President Alan Garcia’s Free Trade Agreement with the USA.
Hundreds may be dead or missing in the country’s worst violence in decades. It is a media battle now with both sides launching aggressive publicity campaigns.
A Cover-up has been claimed by the Indigenous groups as rumours abound that police have hidden bodies of the massacre, and Aid Organizations cannot get into the country to investigate.
The Government has denied any claims of Human Rights Violations and they say the police were the victims of the illegal protests, acts of savagery and torture.
The campaigners have pledged to not back down on their fight for the Amazon which has been slated for massive Oil and Gas exploration.
The Free Trade Agreement has been claimed to be written without formal or informal consultation of the Indigenous people who inhabit the land.
The impossibly tiny Glass Frog of the Rainforest shows it's transparent skin. As many as 50 different species live and breed in the canopies throughout South America.
Adela, a young girl from a local village in the vast Peruvian Amazon. Can law and order be restored in the short term?
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Hi Terry - just so you know I'm having trouble accessing your blog on Internet Explorer. May want to alert the authorities.
ok thanks Bob, I'll inform the admin,
cheers,
terry