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Kukamas abandon hunger strike over Peruvian Amazon oil pollution

2014-06-30 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Peruvian ministers have met with representatives of hundreds of indigenous people from the countrys Amazon rainforest after they threatened to go on hunger strike in protest at what they say is government failure to aid communities affected by oil contamination. For almost two weeks, around 500 Kukamas have been camped in a square in Iquitos the biggest city in Perus Amazon after travelling from their homes along the River Maraón, by boat and on foot. The lives of our children are at...

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