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Indigenous Groups Hold Global Warming Summit

HeadlineMar 26, 2009

In Peru, a summit of indigenous groups is gathering to discuss the environmental threats to their communities. Indigenous leader Norma Mayo says energy extraction is endangering areas across the southern hemisphere.

Norma Mayo: “Those guilty of global warming are the developed nations who came to our countries to take oil and minerals and leave our forests contaminated. This has hurt our children and our families. They are poor, and malnutrition is rising.”

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