In Peru, indigenous people speak out against the oil industry

Brut America

Their home has been heavily contaminated with toxic metals by decades of oil extraction. In Peru, several indigenous communities in the Amazon have been seeking justice for years. This is their fight.

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00:00This has been a spillway, this place was dug up and what they took out of the wells were put here.

00:09And this is like a hydrocarbon mattress that is stored here.

00:13It is a very large place of pollution that affects a lot of our animals, fish, trees, even our own lives.

00:30How is our land? How is our forest? How did they leave the company?

01:00This has been a spillway, this place was dug up and what they took out of the wells were put here.

01:06And this has been a spillway, this place was dug up and what they took out of the wells were put here.

01:13This has been a spillway, this place was dug up and what they took out of the wells were put here.

01:43This has been a spillway, this place was dug up and what they took out of the wells were put here.

01:46It is very sad and very sad to see that this place, this well, is in the middle of our territory and that it is contaminating many animals.

02:03This water contains production water, which has a lot of pollutants like lead, cadmium, barium, arsenic.

02:11This water contains production water, which has a lot of pollutants like lead, cadmium, barium, arsenic.

02:41This water contains production water, which has a lot of pollutants like lead, cadmium, barium, arsenic.

03:07This place was found in 2012, when we were patrolling with monitors.

03:13This was a well full of hydrocarbons.

03:16It was all the water, but what the company has done is to dismantle all that part of the upper part,

03:23bring soil, soil and cover it.

03:28Only where a small leak was occurring, they patch it.

03:33Because the correct thing would be to change the whole tube.

03:36This patch is not so safe.

03:39At any time it can collapse and there will be a spill in this place.

03:43My brothers are not getting up for pleasure, but for a reason.

03:46For a reason, they get up, take out the spear and start screaming.

03:50Because they are desperate.

03:52The people, so they can attend.

03:54For a reason, they get up, take out the spear and start screaming.

03:57Because they are desperate.

03:59The people, so they can attend.

04:01My brothers are not getting up for pleasure, but for a reason.

04:04For a reason, they get up, take out the spear and start screaming.

04:08Because they are desperate.

04:10The people, so they can attend.

04:32What we are looking for is justice.

04:37What we are looking for is justice.

04:40We need justice.

04:42We need to make the company accept its responsibility.

05:01For more information visit www.fema.gov

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