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Kichwa community that is close to the project of Repsol.
oil giant Repsol-YPF may be threatening the existence two of the last uncontacted tribes worldwide, according to a critical report just released by the organization Survival International.
Hispano-Argentina oil company is the target of criticism for the operations conducted in "Lot 39", located in northern Peru, one of the most biodiverse areas on earth.
have collected more than 75 tests showing the presence of the tribes in the region. These include abandoned orchards, crossed spears and sworn testimony of people who have been sighted.
But all this is not sufficient to prove the existence of indigenous peoples.
In the past, oil companies working in the Amazon has had catastrophic consequences for the uncontacted tribes living there.
Both workers and indigenous people often react with isolated violence if contact is made, and any diseases brought by outsiders can be fatal for the Indians.
Survival's report, entitled "39 things that Repsol would not want you to know" is an embarrassing setback for the enterprise, today and tomorrow in Madrid held its Annual General Meeting.
Repsol works with the American company Conoco-Phillips, who owns 45% of the operation in Block 39.
Another company, the Anglo-French company Perenco, plans to build a pipeline from Block 67 to the granting of Repsol. The pipeline will pass through directly to the Indians' territory.
The Survival last November sent a petition signed by more than forty NGOs, Amazon Watch and Save America's Forests including the three companies to withdraw immediately in the region.
The director of Survival International, Stephen Corry, said today: "How many reasons require oil companies to stay away from isolated indigenous peoples? Denying its existence is an old trick, but unfortunately will be the indigenous and employees of these companies themselves deep in the Amazon who pay the consequences. "
View report in pdf at: http://assets.survivalinternational.org/documents/596/si-repsolreport2011.pdf