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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 27 > Peru’s indigenous notch a victory over development

Peru’s indigenous notch a victory over development

By Chris Kraul / The Bulletin
June 27, 2009

YURIMAGUAS, Peru — Peruvian tribal leader Luis Pizango says private investment in his part of the Amazon has brought only misery to his people.

Deforestation by loggers ruined tribal hunting grounds. An oil spill in the nearby Corrientes River diminished fishing. A 10,000-acre African....

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