<p>"The State s intersectoral measures have proven not only insufficient but also inappropriate. They do not reach the communities," Indigenous organizations denounced.</p>
By David Diaz and Susy Diaz Gonzales Masisea, Peru, Mar 16 (EFE).- A cool morning breeze and the sun’s rays caress the back of Policarpo Sinarahua Taminchi, the 50-year-old leader of the Buenos Aires indigenous community in the eastern Peruvian region of Ucayali. While walking with some of his companions, he observes the steady increase …
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12:28 | Pucallpa (Ucayali region), Feb. 26. Prime Minister Violeta Bermudez on Thursday met with representatives of indigenous organizations to coordinate actions aimed to assist the indigenous peoples of Peru s Ucayali region and reaffirm the commitment, so that these communities are immunized during the second phase of vaccination against COVID-19.
The meeting was attended by the Chairmen of the Inter-ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle (Aidesep) Lizardo Cauper; Aidesep Ucayali Regional Organization (ORAU) Berlin Dikes; and the Regional Coordinator at the Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru (Conap) in Ucayali Limber Zumaeta.