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In Peru, indigenous people speak out against the oil industry

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.

04/06/2020 10:18 AM
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10 comments

  • Pieter H.
    04/08/2020 12:10

    Nature is precious to these people. Sad to see it abuse.

  • David S.
    04/07/2020 03:38

    So sad to watch these things in my beloved country, I really hope that soon it can be fixed and reduce the damage caused for the oil company Pluspetrol

  • Joanna N.
    04/07/2020 03:04

    Pluspetrol what an evil greedy corrupt corporation. Sickening. They need to be prosecuted and clean up the damage.

  • Joseph A.
    04/06/2020 16:18

    Everybody calm down and smoke a joint

  • Santiago M.
    04/06/2020 15:06

    Super political corruption permits the destruction of the environment, money talks

  • Juli M.
    04/06/2020 14:24

    Very sad, absolute ignorance from the oil companies, dig it up and dump it in their front yard🤬

  • Steve H.
    04/06/2020 14:07

    Now is time for US to raise taxes on oil products and use it to right many wrongs...and match it with cuts to war department...

  • Kaustabh G.
    04/06/2020 10:27

    Oyster mushrooms can decontaminate that place

  • Brut nature
    04/03/2020 20:38

    A delegation of local communities and NGOs have filed a complaint in The Hague against the oil company Pluspetrol, which is based in the Netherlands. To know more about the complaint: https://www.somo.nl/nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Indigenous-Federations-vs.-Pluspetrol.pdf

  • Brut nature
    04/03/2020 20:35

    For more details, here is a video by and : https://buff.ly/2IBdmj7