Indigenous protesters occupy remote oilfield in Peru to demand cleanup
Indigenous protesters occupy remote oilfield in Peru to demand cleanup
By The Associated Press April 25, 2014 12:10 AM
LIMA, Peru - Indigenous protesters have occupied Peru's biggest oilfield in the Amazon jungle near Ecuador to demand the cleanup of decades of contamination from spilled crude.
The field's operator, PlusPetrol of Argentina, says the protest has forced it to cut back production by more than half of the 17,000 barrels of normal daily output.
The protest began Monday in the field near the Corrientes river where the government last year declared an environmental state of emergency.
Protest leader Carlos Sandi of the Shuar tribe said Thursday that the protest would continue until the government provides a solution.
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