FT reports Peru's Congress in a terse statement last night announced charges of “an incitement to the crime of rebellion” against Gregorio Santos, the province of Cajamarca’s Maoist governor who has lead violent protests against Newmont Mining's Conga project.
Newmont stopped construction of the massive copper and gold mine in November after the protests in the poor region of northern Peru.
The protesters say the $4.8 billion project will destroy the environment by transforming four high Andean lakes into reservoirs for mining operations.
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