LIMA, 3 Ago (Reuters) – Peru’s state oil company Petropero said Monday that an organization of indigenous people armed with spears and others who do not receive medical care for coronavirus infections entered one of its pipeline stations, stopping operations a day after operations resumed.
Production was affected when indigenous protesters entered the station Sunday night in the Amazon region of Maraón, the corporate said in a statement. The incident follows a three-month suspension of production activities as a component of the country’s mandatory coronavirus blocking period.
Indigenous protesters had several demands for social equality, adding fitness centers and doctors to deal with COVID-19, the company said. Peru has more than 428,850 infections, the third rate in Latin America, according to government data.
“Petropero regrets that this measure of force has interrupted the restart of operations in the 19th century,” the company said. “These occasions have an effect not only on Petroper, but also on the hydrocarbons industry in general.”
Representatives of the Aboriginal network in question simply cannot be contacted for comment.
The company said it had transferred its subcontractors off the site.
Petroper is expanding its operations at least $4.7 billion. (Reporting through Marco Aquino; written through Cassandra Garrison; edited through David Gregorio)
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