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Water Law May End
Peru Agro Strike
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Water Law May End Peru
Agro Strike
Lima - The
Peruvian agricultural
organizations striking
for two days against
privatization of
irrigation said Friday
they will end the action
once a new water law is
confirmed.
The Board of Irrigation
Clients, the National
Agro Convention, and the
National Agrarian
Confederation agreed
that the strike, which
is developing quietly,
will end as soon as the
mentioned legislation is
confirmed.
The strike was
accompanied by marches
and roadblocks in
several parts of the
country, with some
incidents that left one
farmer wounded in the
northern city of Piura.
In Cusco, farmers
blocked the train from
that city to the Machu
Picchu ruins, the
country's main tourism
destination.
The protest rejects a
governmental decree
handing over the
administration of
irrigation waters to
private companies, with
Prime Minister Yehude
Simon denying the
privatizing nature of
that initiative.
The farmers also demand
the approval of a water
law allowing boards of
clients control
irrigation. |
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