Coverage dated November 3, 2022

Indigenous group holds dozens of tourists hostage, including Americans, in Peruvian Amazon oil spill protest

Headline from CBS News

One captive said the hostage-takers were demanding "medical help and clean water and food" after an oil spill in the area "contaminated the wells and river."

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CBS News
Indigenous group holds dozens of tourists hostage, including Americans, in Peruvian Amazon oil spill protest (opens CBS News)
Published Nov 3, 2022
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One captive said the hostage-takers were demanding "medical help and clean water and food" after an oil spill in the area "contaminated the wells and river."
The Guardian
Indigenous people in Peruvian Amazon detain tourists in oil spill protest (opens The Guardian)
Published Nov 3, 2022
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About 70 people seized in protest at environmental damage from crude oil spillage into Cuninico River
France 24
Indigenous people free tourists taken in Peruvian Amazon (opens France 24)
Published Nov 3, 2022
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Members of an Indigenous group on Friday freed more than 100 tourists whom they had abducted in the Peruvian Amazon a day earlier to protest what they called government inaction after an oil spill, officials…
The Guardian
Amazon tourists and Peruvians held on boat released by Indigenous protesters (opens The Guardian)
Published Nov 3, 2022
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Group of more than 100 including British and American travellers were detained in protest over government response to oil spill

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