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September 26, 2017

Peru: Indigenous Achuar Seize Control of 50 Oil Wells to Protest Drilling in Amazon
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In Peru, members of indigenous Achuar communities say they have seized
control of at least 50 oil wells operated by the Canadian company
Frontera Energy Corp. in the Amazon. They say they took over the wells,
as well as an electric plant and oil tanks, to protest the Peruvian
government's failure to consult them about the extraction projects. They
also said in a statement, "We have been living with oil pollution for 45
years, caused by the irresponsibility of the companies and the State.
For decades we have seen that our waters, soils and resources are
damaged with impunity."


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