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Indigenous people seize some facilities on Peru oil field: chieftain | Reuters

27.8.17

Indigenous people seize some facilities on Peru oil field: chieftain | Reuters: The so-called prior consultation law, passed in 2011, requires the government to seek input from indigenous people before approving any development plans that might affect them.

Tribal chiefs in Frontera's Block 192 said the government has refused to carry out the consultation process even though it is negotiating a new contract with Frontera, whose 2-year contract is due to expire this month.

"If the government says it'll carry out prior consultation, we'll automatically end the protest," Wilmer Chavez, chief of the community of Los Jardines, said in a telephone interview.


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