Peru: Oil spills put indigenous tribal lands at risk

  • 9 years ago
Indigenous peoples from the Peruvian Amazon charged that their national habitat is in danger due to oil spills into rivers and streams. Over the past week, protesters from the indigenous communities and their supporters have been occupying 14 oil wells. Indigenous spokespersons said that they are not against development, but that the oil extraction is slowly killing off their animals and the population. teleSUR.