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Lawsuit against Evergreen Helicopters over deadly Peruvian crash will play out in Oregon
2014-10-14 05:28:18| Air Courier - Topix.net
A lawsuit brought against Evergreen Helicopters Inc. by survivors of eight Peruvians killed in a 2008 helicopter crash will play out in Oregon courts rather than in Peru, where the crash occurred. Last week's decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals is a loss for Evergreen - now a subsidiary of Portland-based Erickson Inc. - after winning an earlier lower-court victory when Multnomah Circuit Court granted its motions to dismiss the suit saying Peru was the more convenient forum to litigate the case.
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Quadruple Homicide in Peruvian Amazon Puts Criminal Logging in Spotlight
2014-09-12 00:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: PUCALLPA, Peru-Tribal people in a remote headwaters region in the Peruvian Amazon are reacting with defiance and despair to the recent brutal murders of four community leaders who were ambushed on a jungle trail near the border with Brazil. Among those slain last week was Edwin Chota Valero, 54, the president of the Ashéninka indigenous settlement of Saweto. Chota was a charismatic activist who opposed drug traffickers and criminal timber syndicates that have come to operate with a sense of...
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Illegal Loggers Suspected In Death Of Peruvian Activist
2014-09-10 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Audie Cornish talks to geographer David Salisbury about his friend Edwin Chota. Chota the Peruvian activist who advocated that land that was being illegally logged should be given to indigenous groups was murdered deep in the Amazon jungle on Sept. 1. The murder was not reported until this week because of the remote location.
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Peruvian oil spill sparks concern in indigenous rainforest community
2014-07-29 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A ruptured pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Maraón River in late June is fueling concerns about potential health impacts for a small indigenous community, reports Environmental Health News. According to a story published last week, an 845-kilometer pipeline operated by state oil company Petroperu ruptured at the end of June, flooding the Amazon tributary with oil. Members of the Kukama Indian community reported seeing masses of dead fish, while fisherman...
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GDLS Canada to deliver light-armoured vehicles to Peruvian Marines
2014-07-29 01:00:00| Naval Technology
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS)-Canada has been awarded a contract by the Peruvian Ministry of Defence to deliver light-armoured vehicles (LAV) to the Peruvian Marines.
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