Peru tribe protest 2012 05 18

Road block: Peru's indigenous groups protested in 2009 against former President Alan Garcia's plan to ease restrictions on industries including mining and wood harvesting in the Amazon. That ended in the Andean country's bloodiest conflict in nearly two decades with 35 dead from clashes between protesters and security forces. A new plan to cut a big road through the Amazon likely will be met by a hard fight as well should it pass Congress.