AMERICA/PERU - Peru and Brazil together to eradicate child labour in Amazonia

Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) – The governments of Peru and Brazil are launching a campaign to promote the eradication of child labour in Amazonia. On August 8 in Iquitos, the largest city in Peru’s Amazon region, there will be the presentation of a Binacional Perú-Brasil Festival, or the Peru-Brazil Two Nation Festival, which aims to increase awareness regarding the situation in the region of Loreto. The initiative is part of a Peru - Brazil joint working plan between the countries’ respective Labour Ministries. During the festival, representatives of the two countries will sign a Memorandum Agreement to combat the scourge of child labour in the affected Peruvian regions of Loreto and Madre de Dios, and in affected Brazilian areas along the border with Peru. The authorities will also sign an accord to work to prevent and eradicate the phenomenon. (AP) (23/7/2014 Agenzia Fides)