Green | November 25, 2011 | 1 comment

Protests mount against proposed gold mine in northern Peru

source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/peru-gold-mine-protests.html

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REPORTING FROM LIMA, PERU, AND BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- With protests mounting against a proposed gold mine in northern Peru, local officials Friday called on President Ollanta Humala to meet with the project’s opponents about its potential social and environmental effects.

Gregorio Santos, the president of the Cajamarca region, said Humala should meet with locals concerned that the proposed Conga mine threatens the area’s water supply and "could destroy the entire ecosystem."

Last week, Santos told reporters he thought that Humala's support for the mine showed he was under pressure from "transnational capitalism."
On Thursday, an estimated 10,000 residents marched to protest the project, which would be operated by Colorado-based Newmont Mining. (The company also runs the Yanacocha open-pit gold mine 20 miles to the north.) Roads have been blockaded and some Cajamarca-area schools and businesses closed in protest.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/peru-gold-mine-protests.html
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