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The ecological, economic and social impacts of the oil spill have not yet been published; for decades, the Peruvian Amazon has been subjected to hundreds of oil spills and leaks, which experts say have wreaked havoc on the basin. The oil spill happened approximately 2 km from PetroTal’s Lot 95 base, when two barges from Trans Fluvial Rey E.I.R.L. collided.
An oil spill occurred March 5 in Peru’s Puinahua district. Members of the Manco Cápac community tried to collect oil from the river using their bare hands, left, and buckets. Image left courtesy of Manco Cápac community. Image right © Kara Fikrig. The Indigenous Association for the Development and Conservation of the Lower Puinahua called the incident an “environmental crime with incalculable consequences,” in a statement. It identified nine groups, including Manco Cápac, that had been affected, and reiterated that their main source of food comes from the river.
Grupo Henry representatives met with the Manco Cápac community after the oil spill but have still not reached a compensation deal that the population is satisfied with. Image © Kara Fikrig. But this is taking time to obtain, Nuñez Rengifo said. “The Peruvian bureaucracy is out of the control of the company,” she said, adding she has contacted authorities to speed up the process, but without any luck.