Along the Amazon in Peru

Name: Along the Amazon in Peru
Uploaded: 2019
Duration: 28 min
Description: The government intends to expand and deepen the River Amazon's tributaries to allow passage for large container ships and is meeting stiff resistance from the region's indigenous peoples. A decrepit old cargo ship is the only means of transport on the Amazon in Peru. South America's great river is still relatively narrow here, but it's also the only lifeline for the region's people and economy.

201928 minHD★ 7.8Food & Travel

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The government intends to expand and deepen the River Amazon's tributaries to allow passage for large container ships and is meeting stiff resistance from the region's indigenous peoples. A decrepit old cargo ship is the only means of transport on the Amazon in Peru. South America's great river is still relatively narrow here, but it's also the only lifeline for the region's people and economy.

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