Peru - stand in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples and the future of the rainforests!

Peruvian authorities have ordered a curfew in the Peruvian Amazon after clashes between police and indigenous Indians left dozens dead or injured last weekend. Protesters fear government mining plans will cost them their land and have vowed to continue their efforts.

It is feared that Peruvian Government Legislation could allow extractive and large-scale farming companies to rapidly destroy their Amazon rainforest.  More than 70 per cent of the Peruvian Amazon is now up for grabs.

Indigenous groups are on the frontline of the struggle to protect our earth -- Let's stand with them and call on President Alan Garcia to immediately stop the violence and open up dialogue. Click below to sign the urgent global petition and a prominent and well-respected Latin-American politician will deliver it to the government on our behalf. For decades the world and indigenous peoples have watched as extractive industries devastated the rainforest that is home to some and a vital treasure to us all (some climate scientists call the Amazon the "lungs of the planet" - breathing in the carbon emissions that cause global warming and producing oxygen).

The protests in Peru are the biggest yet and the most desperate, we can't afford to let them fail. Sign the petition, and encourage your friends and family to join us, so we can help bring justice to the indigenous peoples of Peru and prevent further acts of violence from all parties.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/peru_stop_violence