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Peru's Congress scraps laws after Amazon clashes
18 Jun 2009 20:10:31 GMT
 Source: Reuters
LIMA, June 18 (Reuters) - Peru's Congress overturned two controversial land laws on Thursday that ignited deadly clashes between police and indigenous protesters in the Amazon rainforest two weeks ago, killing at least 34 people.

Legislative decrees 1090 and 1064 had been issued by President Alan Garcia under special powers Congress gave him to implement a free-trade pact with the United States.

They outlined a broad plan for how to regulate investment in the Amazon, and tribal groups say they were not consulted before the laws were issued.

Several other recent Garcia decrees designed to attract foreign investors to mining and energy projects remain in place. [ID:nN06294730] (Reporting by Terry Wade and Teresa Cespedes; Editing by Sandra Maler)


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