Nocere – Earth Disasters

The indigenous people have started a series of road blockades in an attempt to protest against foreign companies from exploiting their land for natural resources. The protest took place as early as two months ago, in April, after the government announced that an area of land would be granted for exploration of oil, mining, and etc.

The protest has been peaceful for the past months, but turned nasty after indigenous leader blamed police of opening fire on protestants recently. The protest eventually escalated into clashes, where both sides resolved to violence. As many as 22 protestants and nine policemen were killed.

Peruvian president commented that all Peruvians have a share to the country’s natural resources, and not only just those who happened to be residing in the area concerned. The military has already been authorised to support local police force if situation continues to escalate.

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