The Oil Spill

The oil spill:

The oil spill in the Napo River in Loreto, is wreaking havoc not only on the ecosystem, but also the residents of the surrounding areas, who cannot fish or consume water and therefore ask the Government support.

Indeed, the inhabitants of the town of Monterrico of Angoteros, located in Torres Causana, yesterday demanded urgent support for the authorities to this fact.

"With the oil spill will be a contamination of animals, fish and even humans. At napurunas life will be famines and diseases. Asked the Government to immediately worry about health, food and others that this spill affects us because we do not have water and drainage, medicine, fish farms to feed, drink and heal, "said indigenous authority.

Also, the residents of the Upper Napo also expressed bewilderment and dismay over the danger of pollution

Cause:

On 31 May there was a spill of 11,800 barrels of oil into the river Coca, Ecuador, due to breakage Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), belonging to the company Petroecuador. Then came the river Napo. Meanwhile, yesterday, led by the regional president of Loreto, Ivan Vasquez, specialists collected water samples Napo River to determine the extent of contamination that affects

Possible Solutions

For its part, the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eda Rivas, met yesterday with his colleague from Brazil, Antonio Patriota, and Ecuadorian authorities attending the General Assembly of the OAS in Guatemala, to coordinate actions with the recent spill oil in the Amazon.

In the meeting with Patriota, Minister Rivas was supported by the Brazilian government to plan containment, designed by Peru in the border area affected by the spill in the Pipeline Trans.

This offer has been made ​​known to the Ministry of Environment of Peru, said the Foreign Ministry.

It was reported that the owner of Torre Tagle is following up on the actions taken by the Ministry of Environment, Civil Defense, the Navy and Petroperú institutions have coordinated with their Ecuadorean counterparts necessary mitigation actions, and the assistance to be given to the