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Lima, Sep 28 (EFE).- People from the indigenous communities arrived Tuesday at the Constitutional Court of Peru to protest the five years they have been waiting for a ruling on their lawsuit, where they claim to be the owners of thousands of hectares of Amazon rainforest razed by a company to grow oil palm. (Camera: JUAN PALOMINO).SOUND BITES: LEADER OF SANTA CLARA DE UCHUNYA, CARLOS HOYOS SORIA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: - We demand that the State give us back our territory, the one that the transnational company has taken away our right of possession. That is why we come from so far to the capital to present our claim. - We are not asking the state for a favor. We claim the right that corresponds to us by law, and as indigenous peoples, we today have been suffering from so many threats and invasions in our own territories.
Lima, Jun 29 (EFE).- (Camera: Mikhail Huacán) On a hill adjacent to the sacred land of Morro Solar, located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, rests a colossal acrylic Christ, a gift from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.A symbol of the dream of former Peruvian president Alan García for Lima, but also of the corruption behind it, which has led to its nickname Christ of "the Stolen".FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE.
Lima, Mar 25 (EFE) .- A mixture of pride and nostalgia invades Dorcas Guillermo when she recalls the lengthy consultation and awareness-raising process that in 2012 culminated in the approval of the current law in Peru for people with disabilities, the same as now it could be relieved by a new and widely rejected ruling.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN PERU
PETA activists stripped down in freezing temperatures opposite Berlin’s Kaufhaus Jandorf for the opening of Berlin Fashion Week on Tuesday, baring their skin to shed light on the fashion world’s ties to animal cruelty. The protesters were wearing nothing but animal masks and underwear despite the frosty surroudings and held signs decrying the leather and fur industry. They also laid on the ground in front of cardboard gravestones, feigning death in a bid to highlight the plight of animals. Other demonstrators were seen handing out flyers supporting the PETA cause.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).