Increasing oil and natural gas exploration in Peru

See the following recent articles by anthropologist, journalist and activist David Hill on new proposed oil and natural gas exploration by Petroperu (a state-run Peruvian company), Repsol (Spanish) and Pluspetrol (Argentine), in four areas of north- and southeast Peru that are critical to the survival of indigenous peoples.

'Indigenous Peruvians protest state oil company taking over their land', June 7, 2013 (The Guardian)

'Repsol to drill for oil in Amazon rainforest in Peru', July 1, 2013 (The Guardian)

'Peru set to ignore UN plea to suspend Amazon gas expansion', July 3, 2013 (Huffington Post)

'Over 30 tons of explosives to be detonated in Manu National Park buffer zone', June 24, 2013 (Mongabay)

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