Comments on: Selling off the Amazon and its people http://enperublog.com/2008/08/23/selling-off-the-amazon-and-its-people/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: The devastating price of silver & gold « Rachel in Peru! http://enperublog.com/2008/08/23/selling-off-the-amazon-and-its-people/comment-page-1/#comment-20009 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:24:06 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=1145#comment-20009 […] Selling of the Amazon and its People […]

]]> By: Land grabs by technicality in the Amazon | ...en Perú - Travel Culture History News http://enperublog.com/2008/08/23/selling-off-the-amazon-and-its-people/comment-page-1/#comment-16608 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:57:25 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=1145#comment-16608 […] Selling off the Amazon and its people […]

]]> By: » Native Matsés reject oil exploration …en Perú - Travel Culture History News http://enperublog.com/2008/08/23/selling-off-the-amazon-and-its-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1858 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:17:06 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=1145#comment-1858 […] full five months after selling off what are called Lots 135 and 137 by PetroPeru and “Home” by the Matsés, there had only […]

]]> By: Miguel Vera http://enperublog.com/2008/08/23/selling-off-the-amazon-and-its-people/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:09:36 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=1145#comment-532 That’s questionable Cesar. I won’t deny that peruvian governments one after another have failed to listen to the andean and amazonian peoples’ claims. But I can see that the situation is changing, slowly, but changing. Evo Morales is the other face of the coin. The way I see it, he’s so focused on indigenous rights that he’s losing the other half the country. Remember the referendum on departamental autonomy that won in 4 departments? A government should be about balance, and, as you can guess, that’s pretty hard to achieve. Sadly, you just can’t please every single person in the country.

Call me a dreamer, but I’m confident that Peru will, someday, reach that balance. Someday.

]]> By: Cesar Joaquin http://enperublog.com/2008/08/23/selling-off-the-amazon-and-its-people/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:29:57 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=1145#comment-471 Peruvians should look to Bolivia’s President Evo Morales to see a good example of government successfully renegotiating deals with foreign oil companies to raise royalties for the state and counter big oil’s influence. Morales is also committed in keeping indigenous rights a central theme in his administration which was reflected by appointing Celimar Torrico Rojas, a former indigenous peasant leader, to Minister of Justice. Alan Garcia’s failure to recognize the impoverished Indian majority’s voice in the Amazon will stain his legacy for years to come.

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