The Yanacocha mine completely dried up an ancient lake and decimated and
polluted the main water supply leading into the capital city of
Cajamarca. In 2000 the spill of more than 330 pounds of mercury being
carried by Yanacocha trucks poisoned over 900 residents of Choropampa,
leaving behind a legacy of death, sickness and deformity. The Conga
project would be three times the size of Yanacocha and threatens the
system of highland lakes and waterways that are the area’s main source
of irrigation for local farms and drinking water for hundreds of
thousands of residents.
http://www.popularresistance.org/solidarity-with-people-of-cajamarca-peru/
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