Green | August 19, 2008 | 13 comments

Peru Declares State of Emergency Following Indigenous Protests

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Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in three northern provinces following nine days of protests by indigenous groups in the Amazon basin. Members of sixty-five Indian tribes are protesting a law that would make it easier for communal land to be sold to developers. The protests began when the Indians blocked an important natural gas installation and oil pipeline.

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  • jubal
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      jubal  
    • Wayayay.

      This song was written after the first ever International Indigenous people's conference held in Quito Ecuador.

      The words are taken from the Wyoming Indians of North America.

    • 2 years ago
  • sushikillakid
  • blueoceanbluz
  • ACrisisinAmerica
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      ACrisisinAmerica  
    • Dear Americans,

      I would like to propose a "NATIONAL STRIKE DAY" for every American that is able. I have heard France has been doing this with great success. Please let us get everyone engaged here and anywhere we can post this message or one of your own.

      The Questions I would ask here are as follows: What day should it be and when and how often? Once a month to start or? I believe this would really give the people back their power in this country. It is time to take action! If we do not take some action now as our Declaration of Independence says we have the right and obligation to, it looks like our country will fall.

      People are losing their homes by the millions, and jobs of course with it, and our government with the media's help are trying to hide it from us. They are going to let us just fall, we have to save ourselves, to many good people's lives are being ruined.

      This is the responsibility of a free people. Be sure the world bankers have a diabolical plan for us and unless we truly want to be slaves, we have to do something. I am open to other ideas, or maybe someone is already doing this (I heard something). I plead with each American here on Twitter to get involved and support this idea, and everywhere else we can get this message out.

      This will be a peaceful way to get our government's attention, while we take back our country. Trust me if George Washington and the many honorable men and women who fought our war of Independence were here today, they would have already taken action years ago, many years ago, and I doubt it would be very peaceful.

      Thus, no one works until our demands are met. Start with say five or ten demands. So my idea, proposal is that Americans just go to the street, your city hall, or what is ever appropriate in your state. No one works until our demands are met. But absolutely No violence, no vandalism, no matter what please. That will destroy our honest political cause afforded us by our constitution. In fact, we should make, in my opinion that it is a very somber and quite sit in, almost complete silence until our demands are met, so they cannot try and intimidate people or arrest them unlawfully as they have been doing. I believe this is very important point, no conflict what so ever, just freeze everything. We are all allowed to stay home from work. We need to get employers involved obviously.

      My list of demands start as follows:

      1.) No more bail outs, but instead money is to be given directly to the American people.
      I heard some experts are saying that this is the only real cure, some 450,000.00 to each American is the answer to our financial crisis. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?=26321

      2.) Abolish the IRS, period!

      3.) Reinstate our fourth Amendment rights.

      4.)

      5.)

      I hope others will give their suggestions. I would recommend we elect a board and thus work to organize our first AMERICAN NATIONAL STRIKE DAY, or if someone has already started this, please if anyone is aware of this let me know.

      
      http://www.google.com/search?q=strikes+in+france&ie...
      en-US:official&client=firefox-a

      http://www.americansinfrance.net/DailyLife/Strike.cfm

      Sincere hope for our beloved nation,
      Stephen Paine

      Here is Why we need a NATIONAL STRIKE DAY!

      http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPTi4

      http://www.svpvril.com/nwo.html

      http://www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/end_game.htm

      http://nonwo.blogtownhall.com/2008/03/26/tyranny_an_ame...

      The Secret Rulers Of The World, Bilderberg Group/Rothchild

      You must watch this video if you care about your future and your families future:

      http://truthtold.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/the-secret-ru...

    • 3 years ago
  • jubal
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      jubal  
    • Fear is the mind killer and they are using it very well. People are being bombarded by fear everyday through out the mainstream media system.

      Be fearless, fight the power, be fearless, speak your mind; you may never get the chance again. We could all end up in something horrible like the Matrix.

    • 3 years ago
  • huntre
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      huntre  
    • Think of GWB's staff as those who have turned the "War On Terror" against it's own people.
      There's your "Fear Factor".

    • 3 years ago
  • maasanova
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      maasanova  
    • Has anyone noticed that around the world there are protests to fight for their freedoms but no one is protesting here in America?

      And when the states do expect people to protest, they build secret prisons? Right here in America, secret prisons!

    • 3 years ago
  • huntre
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      huntre  
    • maasanova:

      Which is why, among other threats, people here are afraid. GWB's gang have done their job of terror very, very well on many of us.
      Not me, though.
      I'm too angry to stay quiet.

    • 3 years ago
  • mookster_07
  • elegua
  • celestialceiling
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      celestialceiling  
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    • But indigenous activists vowed to keep fighting to protect their land.

      Indigenous activist: “We conserve the environment. We are not ignorant. We are prepared. We know that foreigners want to buy our Amazon lands, because they know they are the world’s lungs. We will not allow this. We will die fighting for our rights.”

    • 3 years ago
  • celestialceiling
  • celestialceiling
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    • Peru’s Environment Minister Antonio Brack condemned the protests.

      Antonio Brack: “The indigenous groups have occupied the Corral Quemado bridge, closed the marginal motorway and threatened to shut off the oil and gas pipelines in Camisea, and the Peruvian state can’t allow this to happen.”

    • 3 years ago
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