This is a sad story on what happens when big oil companies come into conflict with Peru’s Amazonian indigenous people...
It all started with Hunt oil opening trails in preparation of seismic exploration within the local indigenous reserve, without the tribes
permission....
Iviche, a traditional Harakmbut leader, said the oil project threatens the forests and waters of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, established in
2002 for the use of local Harakmbut, Yine and Matsigenka communities. “The project will destroy the forest and affect animals we use for food.
Instead of going to the supermarket for food or medicine, we go to the forest. We depend on it for our sustenance.”
On June 5th a group of Natives set up a road block to stop the oil companies further egress onto their lands... The National Police were called
in...
There are still conflicting accounts of the violence that ensued when National Police troops broke up an indigenous road blockade at Devil’s
Curve in Bagua district of Peru’s Amazonas region June 5. The official claim of 34 deaths including only nine Natives is in sharp contrast to as
many as 40 deaths among indigenous rainforest inhabitants reported by AIDESEP
Now you would think a government would step in top protect their own people... not so... desperate for oil revenues the government has time and again
ruled against her native population in favor of these big oil companies...
With charges stalled against the commanding generals at Bagua, 41 AIDESEP leaders are facing charges related to the incident. Eight have been
detained – and one, Santiago Manuin, remains in the hospital, gravely wounded. Three, including AIDESEP president Alberto Pizango, are in exile in
Nicaragua. The remainder are in hiding. AIDESEP said any violence by its followers was in self-defense, and wants all charges dropped
Despite the high price paid at Bagua, tribal leaders do have a glimmer of hope. thanks to international pressure talks have finally began to settle
the issue...
“For the first time in our history as Peruvian indigenous peoples, we have been recognized by the government since the events of June 5. The
government has always maintained that the Amazon is vacant, that there is nobody there – only forest, water and natural resources. Since June, we
have been recognized at a national and international level, and we are exercising our rights.”
Full story at Indian Country Today 
thanks for the extra points 
