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Weekly Report - 18 September 2014 (WR-14-37)
NICARAGUA: Ortega’s mining push proves controversial
The mining policy of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government of President Daniel Ortega is proving contentious, serving to illustrate differences between Ortega’s anti-capitalist rhetoric and his government’s actions. Organised by the national mining chamber (Caminic) with the support of the energy & mining ministry and the national investment promotion agency (ProNicaragua), the first-ever international mining congress took place in Managua last month. While the congress was met with protests by environmentalists, anxious about the government’s mining drive, the collapse two weeks later of a gold and silver mine, El Comal, which killed at least seven miners, is putting pressure on the government and fuelling calls to regulate the mining industry.
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