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Weekly Report - 14 May 2015 (WR-15-19)
PERU: Mining protests turn violent
Peru is once again in the grip of a serious anti-mining protest. Protests against the Tía María copper mine in Islay province in Peru’s south-eastern region of Arequipa have been simmering for months, but they came to the boil this week with violent clashes between police and protesters. So far three protesters have been killed and scores of people injured, including a dozen police officers. The protests received wider support in Arequipa in the form of a strike declared by indignant trade unions and civil organisations on 12 May after the government announced that it was breaking off talks with Southern Copper, which owns the mine, amid allegations that it had sought to bribe demonstrators to call off their protests.
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