When Two Worlds Collide

(CONTINUES IMITATING

BIRD CALL)

Watch out.

I'm about to become Tarzan.

To grow, Peru needs

to expand its markets.

We need larger

investments in mining,

oil and gas.

That's why I invite you

to invest in Peru.

American entrepreneurs,

bring your factories here.

Come!

You can trust that we'll have

long term stability.

We won't have any

political conflicts.

If I were a member

of the American

Chamber of Commerce,

I would invest in Peru.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

Of course I would!

(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)

I broke it.

Alberto is here.

(ALBERTO SINGING)

Mmm!

I love the jungle.

I love the Amazon.

Because this is what I know.

This is where I'm from.

I grew up in

a collective environment.

Where we all enjoy

what the earth gives us.

My father always told me

that the earth was borrowed.

It's not given to you

to do what you please with.

When you borrow something,

you must care for it,

even more than its owner.

We must hand it to

the future generations

in even better condition.

You see that pond?

There used to be

river dolphins there.

I used to play

with those river dolphins.

(ENUNCIATING)

We love... our... Peru.

Good morning, teacher.

Can I say hello to the kids?

My son's name means Waterfall.

And you? Stand up.

Native people have always

followed the principle

to not plunder nature.

Rather, we respect it.

Our territories

are sacred to us.

Our territory is the seed

of our existence.

Without our territories

we can't live.

I caught some

prey in the forest.

I could've hunted more animals

if I had more time.

Yes, my son.

Other regions

have more animals,

but not here.

We used to have

lots of animals.

They used to roam

by the river bed.

There is nothing now.

This is

the North Peru Pipeline.

Look at how bad it is.

All submerged

under water and mud.

Now you'll see the damage

the crude oil

is causing in our region.

You can see

that the crude went

all the way up to here.

It leaves your hand black.

Down here

there's also a lot of crude.

In winter the crude will

float back up to here.

And our fish feed

from these plants.

The majority of

our patients have headaches,

nausea, dizziness.

It's because the oil spills

have contaminated our water.

Our water contains

many toxic metals

that are harming our people.

The communities

that have been exposed

have lead and cadmium

in their blood.

They are condemned to die.

The accumulation of

money and wealth...

We call that

kind of development

"savage."

Because,

whether you want or not,

you kill the rainforest.

You kill a culture.

You kill an entire people.

(ON TV)

President Alan Garcia traveled

all the way to Paiche Sur

where the Barrett Company

will exploit

one of the largest

oil discoveries

in our country.

Very exciting.

This guarantees our future

and opens new possibilities

for our nation.

The government's

goal is to make Peru

an exporter of steel,

natural gas, oil and minerals.

One, two, three... Peru!

President Garcia wanted

to promote big investment

in the Amazon,

but the native communities

presented an obstacle.

At one point he calls

their territories a waste.

So better to have

private companies

buy their land.

President Alan

Garcia left for the U.S.

to promote the

Free Trade Agreement,

full of optimism

and high expectations.

I'm very optimistic.

I believe the FTA

will be a great step

forward for our country.

President Garcia

enacted a series of laws

to facilitate

the Free Trade Agreement

with the U.S.

Among them were

laws that affected

all the native

Amazonian communities.

With these laws

he tried to get rid

of indigenous communal land.

Or at least weaken it

as much as possible.

Some of the laws

were specifically meant

to eliminate their

communal property.

These laws gave

private companies

the right to exploit

rainforest resources

without the permission

or consultation

of local native communities.

The companies were

getting a blank check.

The Free Trade

Agreement with the U.S.

is now a reality.

President Garcia

signed the agreement

this afternoon.

For us, our land

can never be sold.

We don't negotiate

with our land.

And that's what

Garcia's government

doesn't understand.