LIMA, 17 Aug (Reuters) – Peruvian state oil company Petroperú said Monday that it had recovered from one of its pipeline stations that had been invaded just two weeks ago through an indigenous organization, armed with spears and not easily medical.attention to coronavirus infections.
Petroperú said in a statement that an agreement had been reached on Saturday between the corporate and neighboring communities that would put social progression projects into effect.
Jorge Pérez, president of the local indigenous rights organization ORPIO, which participated in the negotiations, said that on Wednesday there will be an assembly between indigenous leaders, the company and the new Peruvian prime minister Walter Martos in the town of Iquitos, in Loreto.
He said the assembly aimed to discuss possible progression projects by adding the structure of a hospital, a road and an airport and the installation of a state bank branch.
“With this agreement, we have facilitated the return of Station five of the Petroperú pipeline and are confident that social gaps in the Amazon can be bridged,” he told Reuters over the phone.
The seizure of the station forced the company to avoid pumping crude oil just a day after the flexibilization of coronavirus restrictions on the industry allowed it to restart its pipeline, which runs through the northern jungle of Peru to its refinery on the Pacific coast.
The corporation said Petroperú staff would now return to the station in Datem Maraon province, 700 km north of the capital Lima, and to paints to restart pumping and transporting hydrocarbons “in strict compliance with protection protocols.”
A week ago, three Amazonian Indians were killed after a clash between tribe members and security forces following a confrontation with Canadian oil company PetroTal Corp.
The increase in tensions coincides with the overstepped by one million cases of coronavirus in Peru and a new peak of contagion, which now has the mortality rate in Latin America, reaching 26,281 deaths on Sunday and 535,946 cases shown (Report through Marco Aquino; written through Aislinn Laing edited through Nick Zieminski)
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