Conflicts over mining are also rocking other Latin American nations. Last month, gold miners in Venezuela apparently killed as many as 80 people from the Yanomami indigenous group, which had complained about miners encroaching on their lands. In Colombia, paramilitary groups have added mining to their portfolio along with drug trafficking, and thousands of children may be working in the gold mines in that country.
http://revmodo.com/2012/08/31/peru-mulls-mining-restrictions/
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