Negotiations Underway Between Amazon Indians and Peruvian Government

Representatives of indigenous peoples of the Amazon and the Peruvian Government announced today (14 May), after a three-hour meeting, that talks between the two sides are continuing and that there could be a solution to the conflict within the next few hours. The indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon have been on strike since 9 April, protesting recent government decrees affecting their land and resource rights.