Indigenous protesters in Peru take over pipeline
About 200 indigenous Peruvians have taken over the facilities of a pipeline station of Petroperu, the state-owned company said on Tuesday, as part of a protest by Amazon Aborigines demanding better economic and social support in the area. Residents in the Manseriche district of northern Peru’s Loreto region had invaded station 5 of the North Peruvian pipeline on Monday, which had caused the company to stop pumping oil, Petroperu said in a statement. Demonstrators “have been irresponsibly installing tents and other items without taking security conditions into account,” the company said, ...
Source: taipeitimes.com