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Peruvian Amazon

Victory in the Amazon

Laura Carlsen | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Peruvian Amazon, Alan Garcia, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Bagua, U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement, World News
Laura Carlsen

This recent clash between indigenous peoples and the Peruvian national police sends a powerful message from the Amazon jungle straight to Washington.

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Indigenous Protest and State Violence in the Peruvian Amazon: How the Media Misrepresents

John Gibler | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Peruvian Amazon, Indigenous Rights, Peru, Amazon, Indigenous People, Wambis, Awajun, World News
John Gibler

The initial media response to the violence obscured the order and nature of events and thus the responsibility for violence, converting a bloody police raid into generic "clashes."

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