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pa28

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1. Peru now has a license to kill environmental protestors under these laws.

Reply to TBF (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 03:09 PM

Jul 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2014/jun/29/peru-licence-to-kill-environmental-protestors

Right now we are sitting at the negotiating table with Peru wrapping the TPP of which they are a member. Peru's pro-industry laws at the expense of everyone else is just the beginning of a race to the bottom TPP will trigger.

Environmental protection regulations in this country will become "obstacles to investment" and legally stripped away.

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Peru Passes a Packet of Neoliberal Reforms [View all] TBF Jul 2014 OP

Peru now has a license to kill environmental protestors under these laws. pa28 Jul 2014 #1

wth Peru? Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #2

Here's the dirt, so to speak - TBF Jul 2014 #3

Thank you! Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #4

Thanks. That explains it. joshcryer Jul 2014 #6

Did the IMF loan them money? octoberlib Jul 2014 #5

I don't know about loans specifically TBF Jul 2014 #7

Thanks! octoberlib Jul 2014 #8