There was a lively and well attended demo outside the Peruvian Embassy on monday. Hopefully this will not be the only one, though - the struggle must continue until every single one of the legislative degrees that permit the sale of the Amazon is overturned.

Hasta la victoria siempre...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Uu0AaUFdg&feature=related

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60A04Flws4E

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEiP37LKTM&feature=related

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg7ixYDv9C8&feature=related

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwK--0Aturw&feature=related

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65cgZzMALo&feature=related

Some of the companies with new contracts in the Amazon and elsewhere in Peru (signed April 2009, some individually and some as part of a consortium with Perupetro) that I can find (but unable to secure direct links/locations in the UK) are:

Pluspetrol -  http://www.pluspetrol.net/
Reliance -  http://www.reliancepetroleum.com/
CNPC -  http://www.cnpc.com.cn/eng/
Petroperu -  http://www.cnpc.com.cn/eng/
Faulkner Suits Exploration (US)
Olympic (US or Canadian)
Petrolifera -  http://www.petrolifera.ca/
Pan Andean Resources (Dublin based) -  http://www.panandeanresources.com/contact/
Kei (Australia)
PetroVietnam (Vietnam)
Golden Oil -  http://www.goldenoilcorp.com/new/english/company/company01_4.php

However, some of these companies DO have UK based offices and trading:

EMERALD ENERGY PLC
 http://www.emeraldenergy.com/contact.htm
With a registered office in London.

CONOCO PHILLIPS
 http://www.conocophillips.co.uk/ContactUs/index.htm
An American company that is reported to have a new "mega concession" of 10.5 million hectares in the Amazon for oil exploration.
Offices and activities in London, Aberdeen, Teesside, Humber, Theddlethorpe, Warwick

There's a report on their activities in Peru here:  http://www.amazonwatch.org/conoco2009.pdf

The situation in Peru currently is dire.... the indigenous communities have been mobilizing and resisting since April and at this time when their leaders are threatened with arrest and there are widespread murders and disappearances occurring it is key that those of us benefitting from these explorations (in the Global North) do what we can to show solidarity and to put the pressure directly on the companies that are treating Peru as a smorgasboard of ways out of the current economic crisis...

Thanks La Chola, buggered i missed it..But it wasn't very well advertised, was it? I'm sure there would have been much more people if it was. It wasn't advertised on Indymedia neither, or I just didn't see it? Who organized it and what's the best way to know about future demos?

Thanks Viral, i definitely agree that the reaction of westerners is essential and the companies should be targeted as much as peruvian embassy. Do you know if anything has been done by far?

called for Monday 22nd June on "the Recent Violence in the Peruvian Amazon", Committee Room 9, Palace of Westminster, 7.30pm by All-Party Parliamentary Group for Peru, the Peru Support Group and CAFOD.

More details at:

www.perusupportgroup.org.uk

The demo was organised by a group of Peruvians who have called themselves Colectivo Peruano, together with the Coordinadora Latinoamericana, and was supported by Latin American Youth Against Violence. Sorry we didn't publicise it on indymedia, it was all organised at the last minute. Emails and texts were sent out 4 days before the demo and I couldn't get round to posting on indymedia, it was a busy week! I'll try to publicise any future demos here, but if you are ok with giving out your email address then I could email you as well.

My email is  construct.f@gmail.com. Please let me know about future actions. Thanks