Peru's indigenous groups are digging in after more than thirty deaths from protests against opening the Amazon for oil exploration and logging.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/world/americas/12peru.html?scp=6&sq=Peru%20&st=cse
A more recent summary with map :
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13824454
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