Loggers encroach on an uncontacted tribe, and the government shrugs Advocates say Canales Tahuamanu is violating laws that protect Indigenous peoples who choose to live in isolation. The company says it complies with all Peruvian legislation.
Enrique Añez Dosantos, a former chief of and current spokesman for the remote village of Nueva Oceana, Peru, uses his hands to make sounds as part of his protocol for communicating with a neighboring tribe that lives in voluntary isolation. (Florence Goupil for The Washington Post) NUEVA OCEANIA, Peru — Sometimes, they imitate the low rumble of the howler monkey or the shrill squawk of the curassow. Often, they block a jungle path with two branches in the shape of an X. The Mashco Piro, believed to be the planet’s largest Indigenous group…Read more …