Cenk Uygur
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Peruvian Tribe Takes Hostages To Protest Oil Spill
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March 11, 2016
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5:14Now PlayingAn indigenous Peruvian tribe was angry about a massive oil spill in their area, and lack of government response to address their concerns. So they decided to take some government officials hostage until the spill was cleaned up. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“An indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon has taken at least eight public officials hostage to demand help from the central government after an oil spill polluted its lands, according to authorities.
The Wampis community of Mayuriaga seized a grounded military helicopter late on Sunday, holding crew members and several officials to press for inclusion in the emergency response plan, said Germán Velásquez, the president of state-owned energy company Petroperu.
A rupture in Petroperu’s 40-year-old pipeline spilled 1,000 barrels of oil in Mayuriaga on 3 February, nine days after a leak in the same duct poured 2,000 barrels near eight other indigenous communities in the same Amazonian region.
Environmental regulator OEFA ordered Petroperu to replace parts of the pipeline after repeated leaks in recent years. It said the two most recent spills polluted at least two rivers, including a tributary to the Amazon river.”
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