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A stevedore loads a boat with bags of salt at La Boca port by the Huallaga river in Peru's northern Amazon city of Yurimaguas
10 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A stevedore loads a boat with bags of salt at La Boca port by the Huallaga river in Peru's northern Amazon city of Yurimaguas June 9, 2009. Indigenous protesters who have been blockading the region for weeks allowed vehicles to pass for two hours to provide Yurimaguas and other Amazon cities with supplies. An indigenous leader said 40 protesters were killed and the government said 23 members of the security forces perished in two days of battles over President Alan Garcia's push to open up the rainforest to billions of dollars in foreign investment. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU CONFLICT POLITICS)
REUTERS/ENRIQUE CASTRO-MENDIVIL


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A stevedore loads a boat with bags of salt at La Boca port by the Huallaga river in Peru's northern Amazon city of Yurimaguas June 9, 2009. Indigenous protesters who have ...


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