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Summary
Indigenous people wait to get through a security checkpoint before a meeting with Peru's Prime Minister Yehude Simon, Lima, Peru, 16 June, 2009.

Simon convinced the Peruvian Congress to repeal two laws that threatened the homes of Amazon tribes.

Due to the violence between the tribes and police forces, Simon announced he will resign once the dispute is settled.

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