Protestors Still ActiveLoreto: "If the Navy comes, we will take our weapons to defend ourselves," warns an indigenous community that abides by the Amazon strike
November 05, 2021 2:11 PMUpdated November 05, 2021 2:11 PM
About 300 people block the passage in the Curaray River
with boats , thus preventing the oil activities of Block 67. They are asking for better health conditions, education and agricultural projects.
Loreto: Indigenous people assure that their protest is peaceful since the blockade they carry out on the Curaray River is not violent. |
Source: Referential
The president of the Federation of Native Communities of the Curaray River (FECONCU), in the El tigre district,
Loreto province , region of the same name, apu
Beltrn Sandi, warned that if the central government tries to clear the traffic blockade on the Curay river, that
some three hundred indigenous people abide by
as part of the Amazon strike , the protesters will respond with weapons
“Here we are not armed, we are simply making a peaceful fight and we do not have weapons. If the
Navy wants to deactivate the bad guys, the population, unfortunately, we will have to grab our weapons to be able to defend ourselves, "he said.
The apu
Beltrn Sandi justified the blockade they carry out because they consider that "there is no other way to protest than by stopping the vessels (of the Perenco oil company, which exploits the Petrolero 67 lot)."
The indigenous people of this area of the Amazon consider themselves affected by oil extractive activities and seek the attention of the State through an intercultural dialogue table with the participation of the
President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo , and the ministers.
Lawsuits without attention
Their requests are to have better health posts, with doctors and medicines; schools with adequate infrastructure and support in agricultural projects that not only allow them to plant and harvest products such as cocoa, but also to have a national or international market to sell.
Beltrn Sandi announced that,
25 days after the radicalization of their struggle , they are not satisfied that a commission of the Regional Government and the
Ombudsman's Office have arrived in the conflict zone, considering that it is not of a high level.
Through his Twitter account, the Ombudsman's Office reported that he arrived at the place to collect the demands of the residents. "We received demands from communities in the Curaray basin, who have kept traffic on the river blocked since 10/19, as part of the
# Amazon Strike . We will forward these demands to the Executive for urgent attention through dialogue," the institution published in the social network.
In addition, he recalled that the ombudsman reports 30 social conflicts in
Loreto , of which 64% are related to the hydrocarbon sector ). And that
Loreto is the region with the greatest conflict. indicated that the Amazon strike began in Station 5, Lot 95, Lot 8 and Lot 67.