Peru promised On Monday in its Amazon region, which is a focal point of the coronavirus pandemic, following the deaths of 3 indigenous protesters in clashes with police.
Around 70 armed indians with spears attempted to invade an agreement for oil personnel at the back of the Amazon on Saturday night in an attempt to avoid paintings in a well in the remote town of Bretana in the Loreto region.
They were angry at what they see as the forgetfulness of the government of their communities as the pandemic, however, the confrontation with the police left 3 other people dead and 17 in the hospital.
“We have agreed to be number one in the field of fitness care … particularly in Bretana, but generally in the Loreto region,” culture minister Alexander Neyra said on state television.
Neyra visiting a hospital in Iquitos, Peru’s main Amazon city and the focal point of coronavirus infections in the country.
“We’ve come to see the injured,” added Neyra, who is in charge of relations with Peru’s indigenous people.
Indigenous protesters gather in the colony of the Canadian-owned PetroTal oil company, in the remote city of Requena, a few hours by boat from the city of Iquitos, Peru, August 9, 2020 Photo: IQUITOS A RED VIVO / –
He visited the oil-rich jungle domain on Sunday, where he met with indigenous leaders before calm was restored.
“We have agreed to resume the plan for gaps” in wealth and health care, he added.
Other Aborigines complain that the well, known as Lot 95 and operated through a Canadian company called PetroTal, caused pollutants in its land through a series of oil spills.
The company said after the confrontation that it postponed the paintings on the site, where it employs about a hundred people.
“We’re calling on the central government to take care of the indigenous communities, but also on the indigenous people to not react violently, that doesn’t help us reach agreement,” said Elisban Ochoa, the governor of Loreto.
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the Amazon region, which is home to dozens of indigenous ethnic teams and where poverty rates are high.
Peru is one of the countries most affected by coronavirus in the world with 478,000 instances and 21,000 deaths.