Peru’s Informal Miners Blockade the South’s Lifeline Highway as Arequipa Tensions Flare

PERU · MINING Key Facts —What happened: Informal miners blocked Peru’s Pan-American Highway South in the Arequipa region for four days this month. —Where: The stoppage cut the road at Atico, in Camaná province, and at Chala, in Caravelí province. —What they want: The miners demand an open-ended extension of the state’s formalisation registry, not […] The post Peru’s Informal Miners Blockade the South’s Lifeline Highway as Arequipa Tensions Flare appeared first on The Rio Times .