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Floods and Mudslides in Peru affect Thousands in Cusco and other Andean Regions
Region: Peru
Climate change is causing another tragedy in the world. In Cusco and other regions of southern Peru, including Apurimac, Puno, Huancavelica and Ayacucho. Heavy rain has caused floods and mudslides in this impoverished regions, which are also the main tourism attractions of Peru, affecting thousands of people. Extensive areas in Cusco are now covered with muddy water, due to the overflow of rivers, roads are destroy... more
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Peru Hit By Heavy Rains and Mudslides
Region: Peru
On Tuesday January 26, after a rainy week and after three days of non-stop rainfall, the region of Cusco, Peru has been declared in a state of emergency for 60 days, in order to speed up the clean-up efforts and to help the thousands of people (local residents and tourists) that have been affected by the floods and mudslides. Photo by Carlos José Rey of Living in Peru and used with permission. While it is... more
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Peru: Contamination in Mining Town La Oroya
Region: Peru
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently declared the petition admissible against the Peruvian State for committing human rights abuses against the residents of the mining city of La Oroya, located in Central Peru. The suit alleges that the government allowed environmental contamination caused by the emission of gases and other derivatives from activities from mining companies located in the area.... more
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Two Years After Peru Earthquake, And No Reconstruction
Region: PeruAugust 15 marked two years since an earthquake struck Southern Peru, and primarily affected the areas of Ica, Pisco, and Nazca. Other mountainous areas such as Huancavelica were also affected. Now that 2 years have passed after the earthquake, the opinion of many is that there has been very little accomplished in regards to reconstruction of these areas, and much of the blame has been placed on the government. Neverthe... more
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246 children in Peru die of freezing temperatures
Region: Peru
Lima-based BBC correspondent Dan Collyns reports that 246 children have died from pneumonia and other respiratory infections so far this year in Peru's southern Andes. According to reports, this year freezing temperatures arrived about three months earlier than usual. The deaths are attributed to extreme freezing temperatures and strong winds. Reports also refer to aid workers’ warning of more hypothermia ... more
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The silence of the Obama administration on the Bagua massacre in Peru helps impunity for Alan Garcia
Region: PeruIt’s been a month since the June 5 massacre in Bagua where hundreds of Indigenous peoples were killed in the northern Amazon region of Peru. Let me repeat in case you didn’t read well: a month ago hundreds of Native peoples were massacred by the Peruvian government led by Alan Garcia, and part of the causes of this tragedy were the free trade policies promoted by the United States. This tragedy that ha... more
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Q’orianka Kilcher goes to Peru and finds racism but also hope
Region: Peru
Actress, singer and human rights activist Q’Orianka Kilcher is right now in Peru, where she traveled after hearing of the massacre of Indigenous peoples in Bagua, a city located in the northern area of Peru’s Amazon region. Indigenous peoples had blocked a regional road to protest government decrees that allow extractive industries in the Amazon forest, and convence the Lima government to repeal them afte... more
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Peru: Indigenous Congressmembers suspended and radio station shut down as protests continue
Region: Peru
In Peru, protests continued as thousands rallied yesterday in several cities of Peru during a National Protest Day. Meanwhile a new Indigenous uprise started today at the Andean region of Andahuaylas. Dozens of thousands of people organized pacific marches, where students, workers, human rights advocates and political groups rallied in demonstrations demanding the government for justice, peace and respect for Indigeno... more
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Up to 250 Indigenous Peruvians Killed in Bagua, Says Leader Miguel Palacin
Region: Peru
I just finished a phone conversation with Miguel Palacin, he is the president of Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indigenas (CAOI) or the Andean Coordination of Indigenous Organizations. I first met Miguel Palacin last year at the OAS building in Washington, DC. Currently the situation in Lima is very complicated says Palacin, because the Garcia administration is acting against the interest of most Peruvians... more
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Peruvian protest over Amazon Rainforest turns deadly
Region: PeruPer The New York Times, violence has erupted between indigenous protesters and the Peruvian police in the northern Bagua Province. The indigenous groups were protesting the government’s plans to open vast tracts of rain forest to oil drilling, logging and hydroelectric dams, per the article. Using separate reports from Peruvian authorities and Indian leaders, the Associated Press reported that 25 protesters and ... more
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