{"id":12176,"date":"2025-06-04T23:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuencasagradas.org\/?p=12176"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:39:38","slug":"crisis-sanitaria-sin-atencion-en-comunidades-achuar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cuencasagradas.org\/en\/crisis-sanitaria-sin-atencion-en-comunidades-achuar\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Crisis Hits Achuar Communities Amid Government Inaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alert from Siw\u00edn Persists: Achuar Delegation Arrives in Lima to Demand State Response<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Lorena Mendoza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lima, Peru. \u2013 This week, a delegation from the Achuar Nation of Peru is in Lima to hold meetings with State entities, demanding urgent healthcare assistance and reparations for the families of the Native Community of Siw\u00edn. Since January of this year, at least 11 people from the community\u2014suffering from high fevers, skin rashes, and other symptoms\u2014have died. Siw\u00edn is located in the Pastaza River basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite numerous letters sent by the Achuar Nation Federation of Peru (FENAP), the Indigenous Federation of the Upper Pastaza (FIAPP), allied organizations, and the office of Congresswoman Ruth Luque, the Executive Branch has yet to fulfill its commitment to convene a multisectoral meeting through the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), originally scheduled for May 26\u201328. Instead, only bilateral meetings with some entities have taken place\u2014offering no comprehensive responses or concrete solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a meeting held on May 27, the Datem del Mara\u00f1\u00f3n Health Network reported that it had provided medical care to two communities affected by the oil spill that occurred in October 2024. However, during that meeting\u2014with participation from FENAP, the Sacred Headwaters team, and other allies\u2014the Health Network admitted it had not returned to the area to conduct proper follow-up. The deaths of adults and children in 2025 occurred months after GERESA and Petroper\u00fa concluded their interventions; these individuals received no care, and no steps were taken to investigate the causes of their deaths. The State owes a debt to their families and communities. In the first quarter of the year, contaminants were found in a lagoon adjacent to Siw\u00edn, after OEFA had already closed the case. All signs indicate that the toxic waste was not completely removed, and that, due to the rising rivers from heavy rainfall in January and again in April 2025, the contamination spread beyond the initial remediation area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This situation is extremely serious. Although GERESA and Petroper\u00fa have issued statements denying responsibility, families remain exposed and without medical attention. There is an urgent need for an effective health intervention, including specialized care for those still showing symptoms, as well as blood tests to precisely determine the cause of the harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to this alarming situation, Jacob Espinar, president of FIAPP, filed a new complaint supported by photographic evidence taken in 2025 that shows ongoing contamination around the community of Siw\u00edn. The Achuar people demand immediate answers and real action from the State to address this ongoing environmental health crisis that continues to claim lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos: Indigenous Federation of the Upper Pastaza (FIAPP)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La alerta desde Siw\u00edn persiste, delegaci\u00f3n achuar llega a Lima para exigir respuesta del Estado Por Lorena Mendoza Lima, Per\u00fa.\u2013 Esta semana, una delegaci\u00f3n de la nacionalidad Achuar del Per\u00fa se encuentra en Lima para sostener reuniones con entidades del Estado, con el objetivo de exigir atenci\u00f3n urgente en salud y reparaci\u00f3n para las familias 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