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Weekly Report - 01 December 2011 (WR-11-48)
PERU: Conga starts taking its toll
The proposed Conga gold and copper mine is turning into a huge political headache for President Ollanta Humala. The US-based company Newmont Mining, which is leading the development of the mine, suspended construction on 29 November at the government’s behest after protests by some 10,000 residents of the north-western department of Cajamarca, where the mine is located, turned violent. Humala’s deputy environment minister, José de Echave, resigned over the government’s handling of the project and the protests a day earlier. Humala also fired the maverick left-winger Carlos Tapia, one of his mentors who was advising the prime minister, Salomón Lerner, for his comments over Conga. Tapia did not go quietly, putting the Humala administration in real difficulties.
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