>Does anyone know anything about Shell Oil drilling in Peru , that was supposed
> te be starting already in july, destroying indigenous people's land?If you're still looking for info on Shell, here's what I know:
The Shell company is especially sensitive to its plans in Peru following blistering international criticism in the last two years
of its Nigerian operations. Shell's oil drilling in the Niger delta has caused massive environmental destruction, and the company has closely associated itself with the Nigerian government, which has brutally suppressed the region's Ogoni people, including with weapons purchased by Shell.
The kinder, gentler Shell's efforts notwithstanding, charges of environmental damage have already trickled in, even before any natural gas has been pumped out of the ground. Peruvian activists also say that despite the hiring of a leading anthropologist, local people have no idea of what is happening at the drilling site or what future operations might involve.
The people of Cashiriari started complaining shortly after Shell set up operations late last year. One villager, Pilar Vargas, says that the Cashiriari River, which is normally chocolate-brown, now occasionally turns black. "We also have trouble hunting and fishing," she says. "It took us just two hours to hunt for animals before the operations began. Now, it takes a day and a half" due to
the decline in wildlife.
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