Members of indigenous organizations shout slogans while holding posters of Peruvian President Alan Garcia during a protest in front of the Peruvian embassy on June 9, 2009 in La Paz. Demonstrators demand Garcia's resignation following last weekend's violent clashes between Amazon indigenous groups and security forces in Bagua, northeast Peru.Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images
The laws, decreed by Peruvian President Alan Garcia under special powers Congress gave him to implement a free-trade pact with the United States, outline a broad plan for how to regulate investment in the Amazon.
Several other recent Garcia decrees on foreign investment remain in place.
Garcia has 15 days to either sign the suspension order or send it back to Congress, which can override his veto.
