02 Sep After protests, U.N. raps Peru on tribal rights (Reuters)
Peru is violating the rights of indigenous people by failing to secure their consent before energy companies drill on their lands, the United Nations said on Wednesday, in the wake of deadly Amazon riots. Its report was issued three months after clashes between police and indigenous groups, angered over plans to open their land to investment, left 34 people dead and sparked the biggest crisis of Alan Garcia’s presidency… go to article