The Andes
Peru: new mobilization against Conga project
Campesinos in Peru’s northern Cajamarca region began the year with a renewed campaign against the pending Conga mining project, pledging to occupy the concession area.
Tag: Peru
The Amazon
Peru: new incident at Bagua
A new clash between army troops and locals left two injured at Bagua in the Peruvian Amazon—as prosecutors seek life terms for indigenous leaders in the 2009 violence there.
The Andes
Peru: Conga project to advance in 2013?
Peru’s Minister of Mines Jorge Merino assured investors that his government will make every effort to see the controversial Conga gold mining project move forward in 2013.
The Andes
Peru: protest over mine’s water diversion
Thousands of campesinos filled the streets of Chiclayo in northern Peru to protest La Zanja mining company’s plan to dump waste water in high Andean canyons.
The Andes
Peru’s Congress marks Putis massacre
A ceremony was held on the floor of Peru’s Congress to commemorate the 1984 massacre of over 100 campesinos by army troops at the village Putis, in Ayacucho region.
The Andes
Peru: Conga mine opponents threatened
Two leading opponents of the Conga mine project in Peru’s northern Cajamarca region had their homes broken into, and a third’s vehicle was vandalized.
The Amazon
Peru: suit launched to stop Camisea expansion
Peru's Amazonian organizations are suing the government and oil companies over proposals to expand the Camisea gas project into land inhabited by "uncontacted" or isolated tribes.
The Andes
Peru’s cabinet in bid to save Conga project
Peru’s government urged opponents of the Conga minig project to return to the dialogue table, as protesters set up an encampment at the Lima offices of Newmont Mining.
The Andes
ICJ opens hearings in Chile-Peru maritime dispute
The International Court of Justice at The Hague opened hearings regarding the longtime maritime border dispute between Chile and Peru.
The Amazon
Peru: Amazonian leaders press land demarcation
Amazonian leaders issued an open letter to President Ollanta Humala demanding that funds for the continued demarcation of indigenous lands be included in Peru's 2013 budget.
The Andes
Peru: campesino alliance with ‘illegal’ miners
At a summit in Peru's southern Puno region, artisanal miners leader Tankar Rau Rau Amaru and Aymara campesino leader Walter Aduviri pledged unity against corporate designs.
The Andes
Peru: Water Tribunal indicts Conga project
The Costa Rica-based Latin American Water Tribunal issued a judgment calling on Peru to cancel the Conga mining project, finding numerous irregularities in its approval.