President Alan Garcia acknowledges 'errors' in his handling of his bid to open Peru's Amazon region to mining, oil and timber development, a step that led to large indigenous protests
Reporting from Lima, Peru -- Peru's Congress voted Thursday to revoke two laws enacted last year to open the Amazon to mining, oil and timber development, measures that enraged many indigenous groups and led to a bloody confrontation this month.
Legislators acted at the behest of President Alan Garcia, who went on national television Wednesday to acknowledge that he had committed a "series of errors and exaggerations" in pushing economic policies that spawned a wave of protests by indigenous groups, including road blockades and takeovers of two airports.
