Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Peru: Oil exploration sparks protests against government
Indigenous groups declared an "insurgency against the government" of President Alan Garcia on Friday, escalating a tense five-week-old struggle with Lima over land, oil and mineral rights in Peru's Amazon rainforest. Protests have erupted in response to government moves to open the region to oil exploration and development by foreign companies.
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