Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their problems are far from over. Many remain under threat in Peru, and even the refugees are at risk of common but potentially lethal infections.
… Peru: uncontacted tribe flees massacre in the … International | 22nd August 2014 News Brazil Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining Health … unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina Kidd. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then long after they have gone, communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning. Now the UN has been called on to intervene.
… International | 5th April 2016 News Amazon Peru Toxics Mining Pollution Health Un … is taken to control the contamination. In Peru, 80% of a Nahua community have tested … mercury poisoning. Government negligence The Peruvian government has known about the …
Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, has personally attacked eco-defender Carlos Zorrilla in TV broadcasts for resisting a vast new copper mine in a precious area of pristine cloud forest, and opposing the advance of oil exploration into the Amazon. Fearful for his life, Zorilla is now seeking international support for his, and his community's, battle for land, water and the natural world.
… organisations in 12 countries: Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Romania, Costa …
Ecuador's 'socialist' President Correa has unleashed a wave of repression at Andean communities seeking to protect their lands, forests and nature from open pit mining, writes Carlos Zorrilla. With most of biodiversity-rich Intag region conceded to international mining companies, the mood is one of rising fear and desperation in the countdown to next month's election.
… organisations in 12 countries: Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Romania, Costa …