Indigenous Communities In Peru Lack Drinking Water After Oil Spill In The Maranon

Indigenous Communities In Peru Lack Drinking Water After Oil Spill In The Marañon Isabel Guerra, 2010   Residents from 28 indigenous communities located in the Loreto districts of Parinari and Urarinas claim that they have no drinking water now, because of the oil spill that took place on June 19, that polluted Marañon river.   Officials from Loreto Regional Government arrived in the area yesterday carrying huge bottles of potable water, but that has not been enough.   “Everyone is...

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