|
Given the current political situation in which the citizens of La Oroya are living, Monsignor Pedro R. Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Archbishop of Huancayo and Coordinator of the Junín Regional Environmental Roundtable addresses the public to express the following:
More info . |
|
Monsignor Pedro Barreto led delivery of letters to the Governmental Palace. In an historic event, 30 representatives of La Oroya and the Junin region presented 9,548 letters to President Dr. Alan García Pérez demanding respect for the dignity, life, and health of its population.
More info . |
|
|
With the purpose of carrying out, until October of this year, a public awareness campaign and with educating the population of La Oroya and the province of Yauli on the health situation of the area and, in addition, to demand compliance from the State on existing international agreements and recommendations for combating environmental pollution suffered by this same area, the Joining Hands Network of Peru launched a radio program called "Dialogue Weekly." .
More info . |
|
Tuesday, April 14, the North American company Doe Run Peru announced that it was giving forced vacations with minimum pay to 1800 workers. Doe Run Peru operates the metallurgical processing plant of La Oroya that has been the cause of lead blood poisoning of the residents of the town. .
More info . |
|