The perceived inadequacies of the new mineral law have set off a new wave of protests. In August, Aymara comunarios (as the word is rendered in Bolivia) launched an occupation of the installations of the Inti Raymi Mining Company at La Titina, outside the Altiplano city of Oruro, in protest of the pollution of local water sources with cyanide and other toxins. Traditional Aymara authorities of the local ayllus (agricultural communities) issued a statement saying: "We view with profound concern...that the government...has drawn up...the Mining Law...without the participation of social sectors, and especially of the indigenous nations and original peoples."
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