Peru's Amazon oil deals denounced

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Peru's Amazon oil deals denounced

Environmental and human rights group in Peru have denounced the government's campaign to auction off large swathes of the Amazon to oil and gas companies.

They say the amount of Peruvian Amazon territory open to exploration has risen from 13% to 70% in two years.

They say this is putting at risk the biodiversity of the Amazon and the lives of indigenous people.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia has said the plans are part of his investment programme to tackle widespread poverty.


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6326741.stm

Good thing that Garcia is a "socialdemocrat" (or at least his party claims to be socialdemocrat). He certainly is to the right of most other leaders in Latin America, so I can't imagine what a Lourdes Flores government could have been....