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Peru: What Didn't Fit in Print

Categories: Latin America, Peru, Environment, Indigenous

Freelance reporter C. J. Schexnayder paddled deep into the heart of the Peruvian rain forest to profile indigenous rights activist Julio Cusurichi for the San Francisco Chronicle [1]. In his Klephblog, he writes that, “there is a lot more to this story than what I was able to fit in the confines of one newspaper article. [2]” Here, he provides supplementary quotes and additional background information on the plight of the three nomadic tribes that live in the 3,000 square mile reserve in the Madre de Dios region.