Proposal to dismantle existing reserves for ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous groups quietly pushed amid ongoing political chaos
”, pointing out their “brothers and sisters” were “highly vulnerable and threatened by the increasing pressures on their territories” from infrastructure projects, logging, illegal mining and drug trafficking. Isolated people have little or no immunity to common illnesses such as influenza or the common cold.
Congress voted on Tuesday to move forward general elections by two years to April 2024 but a second vote is required to make it final. The chamber – easily the most hated organ of a widely discredited political elite – will be closely watched by protesters who are demanding its closure. , the bill proposes transferring the power to establish reserves for “isolated peoples” – from Peru’s ministry of culture to regional governments in the Amazon.
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