Peru: National March Of Solidarity In Iquitos - In Defense Of Water And Life

Peru: National March Of Solidarity In Iquitos - In Defense Of Water And Life   Amanda Garratt, 2012   On Thursday, May 31st, the people of Iquitos and the region of Loreto came together once again in unity in defense of water and life. Leading the pack was a small boy with a handwritten sign, ¨Don´t you drink water from the Nanay? Join the fight.¨ And behind him thousands of people from Iquitos and the region of Loreto, chanting and marching along the main streets of...

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