MUST SEE Video: Peruvian Government Massacres Indian Protesters

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Peruvian Police Accused of Massacring Indigenous Protesters in Amazon Jungle
WATCH REPORT: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/8/peruvian_police_accused_of_massacring_indigenous



Dozens of people are estimated to have been killed in clashes between police and indigenous activists protesting oil and mining projects in the northern Peruvian Amazonian province of Bagua. Peruvian authorities have declared a military curfew, and troops are patrolling towns in the Amazon jungle. Authorities say up to twenty-two policemen have been killed, and two remain missing. The indigenous community says at least forty people, including three children, were killed by the police this weekend.

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"Go ahead and shoot the dogs in the head": Garcia's police shoot, bomb and gas protestors in Peru!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5805063

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Pictures Peru killings
Sat, 06/06/2009 - 16:58 — johanvdw - http://catapa.be/en/north-peru-killings
This page contains all the pictures taken by our voluteers in Peru of the conflict between the Peruvian government and the Amazon people. Some pictures are shocking.










MANY MORE ........ http://catapa.be/en/north-peru-killings

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Peru Indian leader flees to Nicaraguan embassy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3913942

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1. Peru Police Concealing Bodies of Indian Dead, NGO Charges

Peru Police Concealing Bodies of Indian Dead, NGO Charges
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=336792&CategoryId=14095

BAGUA, Peru – An international advocacy group for the indigenous peoples in Amazonia said Monday that Peruvian police are seeking to conceal the bodies of Indians killed during last week’s confrontations in and around this northern city.

“Numerous eyewitnesses” saw police dump bodies from helicopters into the Marañon River and burn other remains to impede identification, Amazon Watch’s Gregor McLennan said in Bagua.

Peruvian officials categorically deny the charges and Efe could find no one in Bagua who was able to confirm the allegations.

The region’s chief medical examiner, Elbert Bazan, told Efe he heard rumors about police efforts to conceal bodies, though adding that his men had yet to discover any remains in the Marañon.

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26. Doubts on Peru Death Toll

Lima, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Doubts on the death toll in the recent violent incidents in the Peruvian Amazonian region persist on Tuesday, amid insistent versions, holding that there are many more civilians dead than the number announced.

Prime Minister Yehude Simon ratified the official figure of 24 dead police agents and nine civilians, and said the different versions are just speculation, ....

Foreign Minister Garcia Belaunde is said to have ordered that Peruvian embassies and consulates report properly on the incidents, because versions about a large number of deaths have been published by the international media.

Television Chanel 2 published on Monday testimonies by citizens of the northern Bagua jungle area, saying they had seen dozens of corpses after the disturbances ....

The television station visited several indigenous villages, in which it said to have verified that most the town's males had not returned, although it was possible that they had hidden in the jungle.

Radio Nizkor de Bagua station agreed with that version and published testimonies by Ricardina Ramos, a religious woman who works with the indigenous communities, who says that the death toll is at least 60.

"A number of corpses have been thrown to the river and others burned. Many corpses lie in the closest hills. The indigenous people have been shot and chased," held the mentioned radio station. .........

.......... http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90567&Itemid=1

[malaise]

2. Thanks

Burying more hearts in the name of imperialism.
The indigenous people are rising up!!! They will see justice.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Sometime the light of a thousand suns will shine on atrocities

like this and people like Peru's Alan Garcia will have nowhere to hide from the consequences.

That anything can happen like this today still doesn't seem possible, but anyone in the world can confirm it totally by going there in person and finding out. It's only a secret withheld from us by our corporate media which support fully the FTA with Peru which served as the catalyst for this feeding frenzy by Garcia on the ancient ancestral lands of these indigenous people.

[G_j]

4. the push to rid the earth of indigenous cultures

continues.

just include them with all the wildlife species going extinct...

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5. Don't get in the way of the Anglo search for black gold.

Bernal Diaz del Castillo: Most interest in conquest narratives is given to the Diaz account, "True History of the Conquest of New Spain."
http://www.jqjacobs.net/writing/intgrstd.html#views

In this century the "true manuscript" of the "true history" has come to light, with two different versions of the "true history" emerging. One copy now belongs to the Guatemalan government, the other belongs to a Diaz descendant and came to light in Spain in 1932.

On arriving in Cuba: "On landing we went at once to pay our respects to the Governor, who was pleased at our coming, and promised to give us Indians as soon as there were any to spare."
On leaving Cuba in 1517: "In order that our voyage should proceed on right principles we wished to take with us a priest... We also chose for the office of overseer (in His Majesty's name) a soldier... so that if God willed that we should come on rich lands, or people who possessed gold or silver or pearls or any other kind of treasure, there should be a responsible person to guard the Royal Fifth."

On leaving Cuba in 1517: "In order that our voyage should proceed on right principles we wished to take with us a priest... We also chose for the office of overseer (in His Majesty's name) a soldier... so that if God willed that we should come on rich lands, or people who possessed gold or silver or pearls or any other kind of treasure, there should be a responsible person to guard the Royal Fifth."

"...Juan Sedeno passed for the richest soldier in the fleet, for he came in his own ship with the mare, and a negro and a store of cassava bread and salt pork, and at that time horses and negroes were worth their weight in gold,..."

Regarding the first battle fought under Cortes in the New World, against the people of Tabasco: "... we doctored the horses by searing their wounds with the fat from the body of a dead Indian which we cut up to get out the fat, and we went to look at the dead lying on the plain and there were more than eight hundred of them, the greater number killed by thrusts, the others by cannon, muskets and crossbows, and many were stretched on the ground half dead..... The battle lasted over an hour....we buried the two soldiers that had been killed....we seared the wounds of the others and of the horses with the fat of the Indian, and after posting sentinels and guards, we had supper and rested.
"...These were the first vassals to render submission to His Majesty in New Spain."

[bananas]

6. Please next time put "warning graphic photos" in the header

I thought it was just going to be a link to the video.

[L. Coyote]

7. Sorry. But, people avoid the reality of war too much already.

One reason we have so little real opposition to the war in Iraq is because
they don't let us see the reality,-lesson learned by propagandists after Vietnam.

I learned the lesson too!

[bananas]

13. speaking of which...

check this out: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5814736

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8. In praise of ... Alberto Pizango

In praise of ... Alberto Pizango
The Guardian, Wednesday 10 June 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/10/editorial-amazon-destruction-alberto-pizango

For the last two months, the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon have been protesting peacefully against the destruction of their lands. An Indian uprising has seen rivers blockaded to prevent oil companies sending barges into the forest in the hope of overturning a new law that lets rip the exploitation of the Amazon forests by loggers, miners, biofuel farmers and oil men. Peru's president, Alan Garcia, is determined to parcel up the forest into blocks for commercial use, encouraged by a free trade deal with America signed three years ago. More than 70% of the forest has been allocated for oil exploration and the consequences for the Amazonian ecosystem, and the people who co-exist with it, have been dire. .............

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9. TIME: Peru's Deadly Battle Over Oil in the Amazon

"The heart of the crisis stretches back a year, when the Garcia government, using special powers granted it by Congress, passed nearly 100 legislative decrees to facilitate implementation of a free-trade agreement with the United States."

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903707,00.html

Peru's Deadly Battle Over Oil in the Amazon

Peruvian President Alan Garcia is furious. His plans to open huge parts of the country's Amazon jungle to foreign investors are crumbling and the woman he was grooming to lead the Cabinet is politically wounded, a casualty of violent protests by indigenous people in the northern jungle last weekend.

According to the official count, 32 people — 23 police officers and nine protesters — were killed June 5 when long-running demonstrations by indigenous people against oil development spun out of control. Hundreds more were injured and arrested. The violence was unleashed when police officers received word from Lima, the capital, to remove the protesters who were blocking a highway and the nearby pumping station on the northern pipeline. The officers moved in with tear gas and automatic weapons. The protesters were mainly armed with spears, but some had guns. Fighting along the tragically named Devil's Curve took 20 lives, while 12 police officers were killed at the pumping station. The stretch of highway around 500 miles north of Lima in Amazonas state has now been cleared of demonstrators but the indigenous protests, which entered its third full month June 9, are not over and the political fallout for Garcia and his government is just beginning. (Read a story about the Peruvian Amazon region, which covers close to two-thirds of the country.)

One Cabinet member, Women's Issues and Social Development Minister Carmen Vildoso, quit June 8 to protest the government's response and there is building pressure for the resignation of Cabinet Chief Yehude Simon and Interior Minister Mercedes Cabanillas, whose office oversees the National Police. ............

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10. This should be headlines in the U.S.

I really don't care all that much about the search for bodies from a lost airliner. If they find a live body, that will be news. Take the time spent on that and turn it over to this story.

[cali]

19. Why would this be headline news in the U.S.? Hell, in Sri Lanka, 20,000 civilians

were killed in just a few months. Lots of atrocities barely make it into the U.S. media. I'll bet that quite a few DUers are clueless about what just happened in Sri Lanka.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/srilanka.death.toll/

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11. Government runs into the muralla verde

Government runs into the muralla verde
Latinamerica Press
6/4/2009 - http://www.latinamericapress.org/articles.asp?art=5871


Indigenous groups from Perus Amazon basin face down Garcias pro-business government and get results.

The political power of Peru´s indigenous peoples -- estimated at around 45 percent of the country´s 28 million people -- has long paled in comparison with those of its Andean neighbors Ecuador and Bolivia.

Despite recent efforts to consolodate an indigenous political agenda, movements have traditionally remained disjointed, and Peru´s government ignores the nation´s native peoples, criminalizing protests, and calling them isolated incidents. Peru´s indigenous are among the country´s poorest and most disenfranchised sectors, many of whom live on resource-rich lands.
In April, however, Peru´s indigenous movement, took a turn.

Unlike the more fruitful struggle of highland indigenous peoples in Ecuador and Bolivia, it is the native groups from Peru´s Amazon basin that have organized and are seeing results for their demands to protect their lands and livlihoods.

Since taking office in July 2006, President Alan García, has steamed ahead with his pro-business agenda, seeking free trade with nations from Chile to China, and aggressively opening up the country´s jungle to investment for massive oil and gas exploration, ..........

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12. Peru clashes: Readers' accounts

Peru clashes: Readers' accounts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8087887.stm


The Peruvian army has imposed a curfew in the jungle state of Amazonas ....

... readers living in the area describe the impact of the two-month-long blockade on local communities and give their views on the dispute.

the protesters did not move.

The military then moved in with tear gas and rifles. The protesters responded by shutting down roads and laying siege to the towns of Bagua, Jaen, Chachapoyas and Tarapoto.

I have friends and family in Bagua who are not involved in the protest. But they are trapped in the town square.

Protesters and policemen have been killed. The north of Peru has run out of food, medicine and gas supplies. ......

The current state of destruction in San Martin province, where I live, is incredible - it's the area worst affected by deforestation in Peru.

We've got many foreign companies in our back yards, which is already impacting the region.

No dialogue or consultation has taken place between the government and indigenous communities on the development of this law.

The pleas of the indigenous communities have fallen on deaf ears, prompting their protest and the blockade of key roadways.

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. Thank DOG we have our gummint to protect us!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Judi Lynn]

15. Cover-up claim after Peru clashes

Page last updated at 00:51 GMT, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 01:51 UK
Cover-up claim after Peru clashes

Human rights lawyers have accused Peru's government of a cover-up, after clashes between police and indigenous protesters killed at least 50 people.

The lawyers say hundreds more may be missing, amid rumours that the police have hidden bodies. But they say rights groups cannot get in to investigate.

The government denies the claims and says police were the victims.

For two months Amazonians have rallied against laws which they say will open their lands to oil and gas drilling.

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8092453.stm

[Seldona]

16. K&R

:wtf:

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17. Perú: Razón del Derecho y Sinrazón del Gobierno

Tue Jun 9, 2009 1:29 pm (PDT)

Perú: Razón del Derecho y Sinrazón del Gobierno
Bartolomé Clavero
Miembro del Foro Permanente de Naciones Unidas para las Cuestiones Indígenas

Tras diversos informes en los que la Defensoría de Pueblo del Perú venía dictaminando la ilegitimidad de la política del Gobierno durante los últimos tiempos que no sólo viene ignorando la obligación contraída internacionalmente de consultar con los pueblos indígenas para cuantas medidas les afecten, sino que también ha venido desmantelando por una serie de decretos legislativos el ordenamiento que ya existía en Perú a dicho efecto, el jueves cuatro de junio la misma Defensoría acaba de interponer ante el Tribunal Constitucional una bien fundada demanda de inconstitucionalida d contra uno de los principales entre dichos decretos. Estos mismos días el Congreso de la República había de votar el dictamen de su Comisión Multipartidaria encargada de estudiar y recomendar la solución a la problemática de los pueblos indígenas, cuyo dictamen también ha sido adverso para el mantenimiento en vigor de dichos decretos. El Gobierno reacciona provocando una masacre de indígenas el viernes cinco de junio.

Por dicha política, el Gobierno también ha podido empezar a sentirse contra las cuerdas en el ámbito internacional o al menos en el sector que interesa a los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. En febrero de este año el Comité de Expertos de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo le dirigió sus observaciones críticas al respecto instándole, frente a la regla usual de informes periódicos, a que respondiera con urgencia, lo que viene eludiendo. En su sesión de la segunda mitad de mayo, el Foro Permanente de Naciones Unidas sobre las Cuestiones Indígenas apreció la novedad de dicho procedimiento de urgencia en la supervisión de obligaciones internacionales para casos tan flagrantes. Además de organizaciones indígenas y organizaciones no gubernamentales que transmitieron su preocupación, a esta sesión del Foro asistieron la Presidenta de la Comisión Multipartidaria, Gloria Ramos, y la diputada Hilaria Supa, quienes estuvieron informando. Concluida la sesión, el martes dos de junio la Presidenta del Foro Permanente, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, hizo público un comunicado manifestando alarma e instando al Gobierno del Perú a la rectificación.

La masacre del día cinco es una masacre anunciada y no se sabe si buscada. Ante el empecinamiento del Gobierno, la movilización amazónica paraliza instalaciones de industrias extractivas cuyo establecimiento no ha sido consultado y bloquea las vías de comunicación entre ellas y con el exterior. El Gobierno no se aviene a razones, a las razones de la Defensoría del Pueblo, de la Comisión Multipartidaria del Congreso y del Comité de Expertos de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo. Opta el Gobierno por el conflicto. Incrementa la militarizació n de la zona. El viernes ocho de mayo decreta la suspensión de las libertades personales y los derechos políticos en la zona amazónica, no esperando siquiera para aplicar el decreto al debido requisito de la publicación oficial que se produce con toda urgencia al día siguiente. La Constitución de tiempos de Fujimori, que es la que sigue en vigor, facilita este género de cosas. Teniendo perdidas las razones todas del derecho, opta por la sinrazón del conflicto violento. Espera suscitar el temor y, si es necesario, derramar la sangre que desanime a quienes optan en cambio por los caminos del derecho.

No nos limitemos a indignarnos ante la masacre. Enarbolemos las armas justas del derecho. Exijamos el juicio de sus responsables. Cuando inició con verdadera determinación su nefanda política de cara a los pueblos amazónicos, el Presidente del Perú, Alan García, calificó a los indígenas como “perros del hortelano”, perros que, como reza el refrán clásico español, ni comen ni dejan comer, esto es, ni disponen ni dejan disponer de sus territorios y recursos. Para el supremacismo criollo, ya se sabe que es puro desperdicio el manejo indígena de los propios territorios y recursos. Toda la implicación de ese apelativo de perros viene presidiendo una política con el consecuente propósito de reducir a ultranza el hábitat indígena y a la población indígena misma, incluyendo expulsiones de pueblos, particularmente de aquellos que resisten en aislamiento voluntario.

"La cultura es un arma cargada de futuro"-Celaya.

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18. From: Presidenta Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

Declaración de la Presidenta del Foro Permanente de las Naciones Unidas
para las Cuestiones Indígenas (UNPFII)

La Presidenta del Foro Permanente
para las Cuestiones Indígenas expresa su profunda preocupación sobre los
informes recibidos durante el octavo período de sesiones del Foro
Permanente, en relación con la situación actual en el Perú. Según la
información recibida, el Gobierno de Perú decretó un estado de sitio el 8
de mayo de 2009 en respuesta a la movilización de los pueblos indígenas en
la región amazónica en contra de las concesiones otorgadas a las industrias
extractivas en la zona sin la debida consulta y el respeto del
consentimiento libre, previo e informado de los pueblos indígenas. La
Presidenta está profundamente preocupada, ya que el estado de sitio está
dando lugar a la suspensión de las libertades personales y políticas de los
pueblos indígenas en la región amazónica, la criminalizació n de los líderes
indígenas y defensores de los derechos humanos y la creciente
militarizació n de los territorios indígenas. La Presidenta desea recordar
que el Gobierno peruano tiene la obligación de consultar y respetar los
derechos de los pueblos indígenas como Parte en el Convenio No. 169 de la
OIT. Además, el Perú lideró las negociaciones sobre la Declaración de las
Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y fue uno de
los países que apoyó activamente la aprobación de la Declaración, la cual
pide el pleno respeto de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, incluidos
los derechos relacionados con sus tierras tradicionales, territorios y
recursos y su consentimiento libre, previo e informado, tal como figura en
los artículos 26, 29 y 32, entre otros. La Presidenta también reitera que
en su octavo período de sesiones el Foro Permanente se unió a la
preocupación internacional con respecto a las acciones violentas de algunos
estados en contra de los pueblos indígenas por hacer valer sus derechos a
sus tierras y territorios. Además, el Perú debe también cumplir las
sentencias y la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos
Humanos sobre los derechos a la tierra de los pueblos indígenas y su
consentimiento libre, previo e informado. La Presidenta del Foro Permanente
para las Cuestiones Indígenas pide al Gobierno peruano: • Suspender
inmediatamente el estado de sitio en contra de las comunidades y
organizaciones indígenas, • Evitar cualquier acción, como la intervención
militar, que podría aumentar el conflicto, • Cumplir con sus obligaciones
nacionales e internacionales relativas a la protección de los derechos
humanos, incluidos los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y defensores de
los derechos humanos.

Victoria Tauli Corpuz

Presidenta

Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas

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20. Peruvian massacre aimed at opening Amazon to transnationals

Peruvian massacre aimed at opening Amazon to transnationals
By Luis Arce - 8 June 2009 - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/peru-j08.shtml


A massacre carried out by heavily armed Peruvian security forces against protesting Amazon Indians left dozens dead, as the government of President Alan Garcia attempts to open up the region to exploitation by the transnational corporations.

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Leaders of indigenous groups have put the number of civilians killed at over 40, while 23 members of the Peruvian security forces have been reported killed.

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The roadblock was part of a 56-day protest involving tens of thousands of indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon jungle territory (about half of the Peruvian land mass). The action was part of a struggle waged by the people who live in the region to overturn new laws designed to open up communal lands for oil exploration, logging, mining and large-scale farming.

European, American and Brazilian companies are bidding tens of billions of dollars for rights to drill for oil, construct a hydroelectric plant and exploit the vast mineral and timber resources of the Amazon jungle.

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Among the dead were leaders of the Awajun indigenous community, Felipe Sabio and Mateo Inti. Initially, the well-known leader of the Aguarunas, Santiago Manuin Valera, who had received the Spanish Reina Sofia prize for his defense of nature and human rights, was also reported killed, sparking renewed anger among the local population. It was later reported, however, that Manuin Valera had survived surgery after being shot at least eight times, but remained in critical condition.

Zebelio Kayap, president of the Frontier Communities of the Cenepa Organization (Odecofroc in Spanish), told La Republica, “Some of the natives’ bodies may have been burned by the police and thrown into the Marañón River.” Eyewitnesses reported seeing bodies placed in black plastic bags, loaded into helicopters and dumped in the river in an effort to cover up the scale of the massacre.

The indigenous people began their protest in early April. They claim their ancestral rights to the jungle were not considered in the proposed deals with major capitalist interests and that the government did not consult them. In his typical arrogance, President Garcia responded by saying that he did not have to consult anyone because, according to the Constitution, the state owns all the mineral and hydrocarbon wealth of Peru.

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21. Sobre la masacre de indígenas en la Amazonía Peruana

Sobre la masacre de indígenas en la Amazonía Peruana
Posted by: "miguel aguilar" - Tue Jun 9, 2009 2:04 pm (PDT)

A la opinión pública
A la comunidad arqueológica en el Perú
A las organizaciones sociales nativas y organizaciones de base peruanas,


Todos conocemos en mayor o menor medida los hechos ocurridos en la Amazonía Peruana. La masacre de casi un centenar de indígenas quienes protestaron pacíficamente por 57 días en contra de los Decretos Supremos y la Ley aprobada por el Congreso en favor de la consecion y la privatización para la explotación energética de extensiones de terrenos en la amazonía, dejando de lado a los habitantes y verdaderos dueños de las comunidades de indígenas: Los nativos amazónicos.

El gobierno peruano ha dado un claro mensaje a quienes se oponen a sus políticas privatizadoras y neoliberales: Represión y persecusión, además ahora del peligro de muerte inminente a manos de la policía y las fuerzas militares, quienes vistos en el medio del enfrentamiento fraticida sufrieron además 22 bajas, causadas por quienes sentados desde sus cómodas oficinas y casas en los rincones más exclusivos de Lima envian a nuestros ciudadanos y nativos a un enfrentamiento donde los únicos beneficiados y ganadores son LAS EMPRESAS PRIVADAS EXPLOTADORAS DEL GAS Y EL PETROLEO, además de la empresas madereras. Estas empresas mayormente extranjeras, quienes tendrán las ya conocidas concesiones de 20 años pagando solo una mínima parte de sus ganancias, serán quienes gocen de las ganancias de nuestros bosques nativos, nuestras reservas forestales a costa del desplazamiento y el atropello a las comunidades de indígenas.

Increíblemente, ni la colonia hispana, ni el fujimorismo habían atropellado de esta manera a nuestros nativos. Al parecer quienes aplican el dicho "solo el APRA salvará al Perú" se referían a los "peruanos" que cuentan: los de las empresas privadas y las clases dirigentes. Y los peruanos con Carnets del APRA.

Este gobierno, con claras muestras de corrupción institucionalizada, no tiene la autoridad moral para hacer uso de la fuerza en atentado contra las vidas de seres humanos, contra las privaciones de la libertad hacia personas que piensen de manera diferente y solidaria. Este se ha constituido en un gobierno ilegítimo, cuasi criminal. Este gobierno es capaz de llevarnos al borde del enfrentamiento entre peruanos nuevamente, enfrentamiento que habíamos superado ya gracias a la acción del diálogo y la verdad.

Por este motivo, y como una muestra simbólica de descontento y apoyo solidario a las víctimas de nativos y policías, y a la verdadera unión de peruanos que buscan la preservación de su patrimonio natural y cultural, es que nos plegamos a la CONVOCATORIA DE MOVILIZACIÓN DE SOLIDARIDAD CON LA AMAZONÍA.

LUGAR: PLAZA DOS DE MAYO
HORA: 2.00 PM

Esta convocatoria no responde a ningún llamado de partidos políticos o de organizaciones en particular. Responde a una muestra simbólica de solidaridad con las hermanas y hermanos nativos, y con las víctimas policiales. Este es un acto de rechazo a la barbarie institucionalizada representada en la figura de Alan García Pérez.

Atentamente,

El Grupo de Arqueologos Sociales.

[a la izquierda]

22. Bookmarked...I'm teaching

the history of Native Latin America in the fall and I can guarantee you that my students will not have heard of this. They will by the time I finish with them. It sickens me that the people who always stand up to their governments are the ones with the least to lose. The poorest are the most defiant and we sit here and hear nothing. We'll never learn. I'm too young to remember the rxn to massacres of Guatemalan indians. But I wonder if anyone paid attention then...or if they bought the Red Scare hook, line and sinker.

[glitch]

23. Thank you for posting, and thank Democracy Now! for existing. K & R nt

[EFerrari]

24. The Garcia government is threatening journalists -- great catch by Judi Lynn:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x16135

So, the government is running propaganda every hour on television AND suppressing contradictory reports.

I'm very, very worried about the behavior of these fascists, their violence and impunity. :(

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25. Disputed Peru land laws suspended

Disputed Peru land laws suspended
Wednesday, 10 June 2009 22:20 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8094304.stm


Peru's parliament has suspended two land laws that triggered deadly clashes between police and protesters.

At least 54 people, including some police officers, died after violence erupted on Friday between security forces and indigenous protesters.

The laws are designed to regulate investment in the Amazon, but indigenous groups say they will lose control of their natural resources.

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27. Award-Winning Actor Q’orianka Kilcher Heads to Peru to Support Indigenous Rights

June 10, 2009 - WATCH VIDEO = http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/10/peru
As Tensions Flare in Peruvian Amazon, Award-Winning Actor Q’orianka Kilcher Heads to Peru to Support Indigenous Rights


Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango has been granted asylum in Nicaragua after leading protests against oil and mining projects in the northern Peruvian Amazonian province of Bagua. Over the weekend, an estimated sixty people died after police tried to break up a blockade. We speak to actor Q’orianka Kilcher, of part Indigenous Quechua descent, who is heading to Peru to support the Amazonian protest. (includes rush transcript)