Leave isolated Amazon natives alone, Peru says

[Judi Lynn]

Leave isolated Amazon natives alone, Peru says
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 0:44 EST

Peruvian officials on Tuesday urged outsiders to stay away from isolated Amazon basin rainforest natives after pictures of “uncontacted” tribe members were published online.

Mariela Huacchillo with the Peru’s office for Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) told AFP that even indirect contact with the indigenous people could spread deadly viruses that do not exist in the region. The natives could also be hostile, she warned.

Huacchillo urged outsiders “to never attempt to enter in contact with these (isolated) communities,” whose people “are trying to remain apart from the outside world.”

The pictures, published on the website of pro-native NGO Survival International, shows a family of “uncontacted” Mascho-Piro people in the Manu National Park, in remote southeastern Peru on the border with Brazil.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/01/leave-isolated-amazon-natives-alone-peru-says/

[xchrom]

1. Du rec. Nt

[niyad]

2. k and r and thank you

[jberryhill]

3. What if they win the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes?

I think "uncontacted tribes" is pejorative, and propose "future Wal-Mart shoppers of Peru".

[Tabasco_Dave]

4. But they don't know about Jesus!

[hunter]

5. They don't need to be left alone; someone needs to teach them how to resist assimilation.

Actually we ALL need to learn how to push back against the modern plague of authoritarian consumerism, which is directed by humanity's wealthiest .01% for their own personal gain.

We live in a world ruled by amoral megalomaniacs who destroy natural environments and entire cultures, who make us dance for money, who then simply kill us or isolate us and leave us to die when we are no longer useful to them.

[Evasporque]

6. Leave Tea Party people alone, US says...

US officials on Tuesday urged outsiders to stay away from batshit crazy Tea Party members after pictures of “unwashed” Tea Party members were published online.

Mariela Wilson with the US’s office for Political Extremism PolX told AFP that even indirect contact with the Tea Party could spread profound stupidy and misinformation that currently does not exist outside of Tea Party strongholds. They could also be hostile, she warned.

Wilson urged outsiders “to never attempt to enter in contact with these communities,” whose people “are trying to remain apart from reality.”

The pictures, published on the website Democratic Underground, shows a family of “unwashed” Tea Party people in remote southeastern Texas on the border with Louisiana.

[izquierdista]

7. + a bazillion