Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters this morning from the main square of Cajamarca, the capital of the northern Andean region that’s been rocked by eight months of anti-mining protests, Lima-based Canal N reported. Police arrested Marco Arana, head of a group that opposes Minas Conga, along with six other protesters, the television channel said. The opponents say the mine’s environmental impact study is flawed.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-03/peru-calls-state-of-emergency-in-cajamarca-after-deadly-protests
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