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24 June 2010
PERU: Garcia Blocks Rainforest Law.
GUARDIAN.U.K./ Indigenous groups are furious with President Alan Garcia for pocket vetoing a law that could have helped them stop oil, gas and mining projects on their lands. Garcia is a former leftist-turned free market champion. He claimed the legislation would damage the economy and refused to sign it meaning it will be months before it can be revived.