MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2013, MercoPress. http://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Mining conflict in Peru escalates and will force Humala to take sides]]> Anti-mining protests in Cuzco threaten Humala’s carefully crafted image as a peace-maker Hundreds of Peruvians marched in support of the country's biggest-ever mining project, a day after the government implemented emergency powers to control an anti-mining protest in the South that turned deadly.

]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 03:50:00 GMT <![CDATA[Peruvian government fights anti-Xstrata mine protestors: 2 dead and 50 injured]]> President Humala, a former military office has become impatient with intransigent protesters Two people were killed and 50 were injured in protests against Xstrata's Peruvian copper mine Tintaya on Monday, prompting the government to suspend freedom of assembly in a bid to break roadblocks isolating the mine.

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