Frustrations over discrimination and the governments’ failure to consult affected communities have fostered feelings of disenfranchisement among indigenous and peasant communities. Such discontent has expressed itself through elevated levels of social conflict. According to the Office of the Peruvian Human Rights Ombudsman (Defensoría del Pueblo) the number of social conflicts more than tripled from 76 in late 2006 to 251 by mid-2011. Approximately half of these have entailed violence at some stage. In August 2012, the Ombudsman registered 245 conflicts in the country (view graph of conflict levels over past 12 months).