So it is no wonder that Peru’s need for environmental protection and responsible regulation clashes violently with the desire for rapid economic progress and the urge to meet first-world demand for precious commodities. It is a dilemma that all developing nations face in a time when “have nots” struggle as never before to have, and those who have, strive to get more.
Pope Francis seems to point a finger directly at Peru in Section 51 of the encyclical: “The export of raw materials to satisfy markets in the industrialized north has caused harm locally, as for example mercury in gold mining and sulfur dioxide pollution in copper mining.”
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