Peruvian government forced to repeal Amazon free trade decrees


by Luis Acre
Global Research, June 23, 2009
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In the face of a mass protest movement led by the indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, the government of President Alan GarcĂ*a and the Peruvian parliament overturned two decrees aimed at opening the vast natural resources of the Amazon jungle to exploitation. The repeal of the measures represents a severe blow to the Free Trade Agreement signed between Peru and the United States.

The daily La Republica reports, “The president admitted that he was mistaken for having excluded the indigenous people when drafting the laws, and that the lack of dialogue provoked the death of 34 people, among natives and policemen.â€