Tag: Cajamarca

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 04:29 UTC

  Humala reshuffles cabinet and names former military officer Prime Minister

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has picked Jorge Humberto Merino, who worked for the government agency that promotes foreign investment, to be his new mines and energy minister, local media reported on Sunday.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 20:19 UTC

  Humala sends troops to end protests against a 4.8bn dollars gold mine project

  

  Security forces fanned out across Peru's Cajamarca region on Monday to enforce emergency measures decreed by President Ollanta Humala to put an end to 11 days of protests against a 4.8 billion dollars gold mine project.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 01:01 UTC

  Peruvian peasants clash with police to protest against gold mine in the Andes

  

  Peruvian police fired tear gas on Friday to break up a protest at Newmont Mining Corp's proposed 4.8 billion dollars Conga gold mine as the government tried to mediate a bitter environmental dispute over the project. Several protesters were injured.