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Nearly 600 oil spills have occurred in Peruvian Amazon since 1997. State inaction forces indigenous groups to live with the consequences

Nearly 600 oil spills have occurred in Peruvian Amazon since 1997. State inaction forces indigenous groups to live with the consequences

Around 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 native groups demanding better economic and social support in the area.

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, ...

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