Indigenous of Ecuador confront state and corporations
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Hundreds of Shuar people, an Indigenous tribe in Ecuador that constitutes 35 percent of the country’s population of 14.5 million, have occupied a highway in protest over state and corporate exploitation of their ancestral lands. The protestors, armed with spears, have blockaded the road with burning tires and fences. [...]
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Indigenous of Ecuador confront state and corporations
October 5, 2009
State of emergency declared after 47 killed in clashes in Peru
June 6, 2009
State of emergency declared after 47 killed in clashes in Peru*
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A state of emergency has been declared on Friday by the state of Peru after clashes between Indigenous protesters and police left 25 protesters, including 3 children, and 22 police dead. Police opened fired on 5,000 protesters manning a roadblock using helicopters and tear gas. [...]
Chevron kills indigenous peoples, may have to pay up
May 19, 2009
Chevron kills indigenous peoples, may have to pay up
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Located above a shopping center, a court in a small city in Ecuador may send an earthquake through the oil industry. Chevron may be forced to pay up to 27 billion in damages to “los affecteados,” or “the affected ones,” indigenous peoples in Ecuador who claim that [...]
