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Peru Is Not Protecting Its Uncontacted Tribes, Witnesses Say
Houses built by Indians from Peru were found three miles (five kilometers) within the Brazilian border. Illegal logging is displacing uncontacted tribes in Peru and forcing them into Brazil, conservation groups say. Photo by Gleison Miranda/FUNAI There have been several major shakeups in Peru’s capital these last few weeks — bribery scandals toppling the Peruvian Cabinet, President Alan Garcia hiring a new prime minister and assembling a new Cabinet lineup, the Lima stock market suffering its worst losses ever — and so the world’s attention has been focused on Lima. Meanwhile, a historic struggle deep in the Amazon has receded from public view: that of uncontacted tribes fleeing illegal logging efforts. The story broke in May…


