peru riots
Jun 12 2009 16:11
i think there was a thread about this recently, but i can't find it, so:
Quote:
Riot police in Peru have fired tear gas to keep protesters away from Congress as thousands marched following the worst political violence in years.Protesters in towns and cities across Peru took to the streets in support of native Amazonians who oppose government plans for their ancestral lands.
Confrontations between police and indigenous protesters last week led to the deaths of more than 50 people.
Jun 21 2009 23:25
#2
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8109021.stm
Quote:
Indigenous groups in Peru have called off protests after two land laws which led to deadly fighting were revoked.
Jun 22 2009 14:12
#3
Our Spanish site has published statements about this from the Núcleo Proletario, a group we are in contact with there, and an anarchist group Jóvenes Proletarios. Offers to translate this gratefully received....
Aug 14 2009 15:15
#4
The statements (the ones mentioned above and one by another group) are now in English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2009/06/090611_0112_peru_mas_protestas_rb.shtml
in spanish with video