Peru:Government breaks promise on uncontacted tribes report 5 September 2008One hundred days after photos of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes made world headlines, a report promised by the Peruvian government in response has still not been made public.
Peru:Amazon Indians protest against government 19 August 2008Thousands of Amazon Indians are protesting against the Peruvian government. Protests have been going on for more than a week and involve an estimated 14,000 Indians from all over the Peruvian Amazon.
Peru:UN to hear threats to uncontacted tribes 6 August 2008The desperate plight of uncontacted Indians in Peru, some of the last anywhere in South America, has been raised with the UN.
Peru:Government finds evidence of uncontacted tribes 23 July 2008Evidence of an uncontacted tribe living in the remote Peruvian Amazon has been found by the Peruvian government’s natural resources department, INRENA.
Peru:Solidarity for Brazilian Indians shot at and bombed 16 July 2008Peru’s national Amazon Indian organisation has expressed its support for Brazilian Indians who have been shot at, bombed, and had their land illegally occupied by powerful rice farmers.
