On Thursday Sept. 25, Peru's President Ollanta Humala will be honored at a $500-per-plate dinner by the free-trade-boosting Americas Society [5] "in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments as president of the Andean country." Sponsors of the event include mineral and oil giants Barrick Gold [6], Freeport-McMoRan [7] and Pluspetrol [8]. The event comes amid ongoing deadly attacks [9] on indigenous leaders defending their traditional lands in Peru. Local New York activists will be protesting the event with the following demands:
* No More Free Trade Agreements! No Trans-Pacific Partnership!
* Justice for Cajamarca: Break the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement & Demand Cleanup NOW!
* No to the Conga Mining Project!
* No to Camisea Gas Pipeline Expansion!
* Stop the Murder of Indigenous Environmental Defenders!
When: Thursday, September 25th, 7PM-10:30PM
Where: AS/COA, 680 Park Avenue at 68th Street, Manhattan
Sponsored by TradeJustice New York Metro [10] & Global Justice for Animals and the Environment [11]
