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Baguazo
The 2009 Peruvian political crisis resulted from the ongoing opposition to oil development in the Peruvian Amazon by local Indigenous peoples; they protested Petroperú and confronted the National Police. At the forefront of the movement to resist the development was Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (, AIDESEP), a coalition of indigenous community organizations in the region."Inside the Peruvian Amazon" '','' 12 June 2009 Following the government's decision to pass regulations allowing companies access to the Amazon, natives conducted more than a year of declared opposition and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Pizango
Alberto Pizango Chota (born August 31, 1964) is the current president of AIDESEP, the premier indigenous rights organization in Peru. He is part of the Shawi people. Pizango has been actively resisting the government of Peru's selling of petroleum concessions to foreign companies on lands legally titled to indigenous people. Biography In August 2008, Pizango supported protests by indigenous Amazonians in which the tribal groups seized control of two energy installations—a natural gas field being developed in southern Peru by the Argentine company Pluspetrol, and a petroleum pipeline in northern Peru owned by Petroperú. During the protests, the natives took two police officers hostage. In response, the government declared a state of emergency in the departments of Cusco, Loreto and Amazonas, a move that gave it the power to send in the army to forcibly remove and arrest the protesters. Tensions peaked when Pizango responded to the government's threat to send in troops by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
