AP
President Ollanta Humala's openess to more development is being tested as thousands protest new plans for a huge open-cast goldmine in the Cajamarca region of the Andes.
Local farmers and indigena believe the proposed $4.8bn Conga mine...owned by USA's Newmont...will cause pollution and destroy water supplies.
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