Oil Company Under Fire in Amazon: New Inquiries, Exposés and Penalties Fuel Indigenous Movement

Darrin Mortenson
July 30, 2012
IQUITOS, Peru—The world that PlusPetrol has built in Peru’s Amazon over the last 16 years seems to be crumbling under the weight of the company’s alleged crimes...

Indigenous Protests of Oil Company Yield Accord in Peru’s Amazon

Darrin Mortenson
May 25, 2012
After threatening to seize several of the company’s Amazon oil wells unless officials sat down to talks, Achuar indigenous communities on the Corrientes River won major concessions...

Around The Web

Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy to elude breast cancer
IRS Focus on Tea Parties Stirs Dissent on Health Care Law
OJ Simpson to testify on his own behalf as early as Wednesday
Accused Cleveland Kidnapper Plans to Plead Not Guilty
IRS challenges public's confidence in government