At noon on Sunday, October 24, thousands of people took oil giant abuse matters in their own hands after years of continual leaking crude oil affecting their health and safety. They closed the passage of vessels for the important Amazon River, at height of the Puerto Orlando community.
Indigenous Peruvians of the upper Maranon basin, Nauta district achieved what their neighbors to the north in the US have not come near doing after the world's greatest oil spill and public health catastrophe that occurred six months ago in the Gulf of Mexico.
Five thousand Peruvians are demanding a direct dialogue, transparent, free and fair between indigenous communities and State authorities and the oil company Pluspetrol according to Indigenous Peoples and Issues Resources (IPIR).
In support of the strike, over seven thousand people gathered on Monday for a meeting convened by the Organization of Neighborhood of Naute.
"Community spokesmen denounced the neglect of communities that have seen their lives affected by the continuous leakage of crude oil to its main water source, the Marañón River," reported IPIR.
On June 19, 2010, an oil spill occurred at the height of the town of Saramuro and another on September 24, shockig the population in the Rio Corrientes.
As witnessed on Gulf of Mexico shores and beaches, thousands of fish, river dolphins and other species were found dead on shores of beaches Samiria River Basin in the heart of the Pacaya Samiria that operates the Plus Petrol in Lot 8X.
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