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Peru hikes interest rate to 13-year high as inflation sparks protests
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's central bank raised the country's benchmark interest rate 50 basis points to 4.5% on Thursday, the...
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Peru community plans opposition to Las Bambas mine expansion
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian community has threatened to oppose the expansion of MMG...
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Peru approves expansion of Las Bambas copper mine despite protests
By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) - MMG Ltd on Thursday said it has secured approval from Peru's Ministry of...
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Barrick to restart Reko Diq project in deal ending dispute with Pakistan
By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Barrick Gold has ended a long-running dispute with Pakistan and...
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Peruvian community lifts blockade affecting Las Bambas copper mine -govt
LIMA (Reuters) - A road blockade affecting MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine since March 1 was lifted on Thursday,...
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By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Southern Copper Corp's Cuajone mine in Peru has suspended operations since...
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Exclusive-Chile tax reform to focus on individuals, natural resources, finance minister says
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's tax reform, a key plank of new President Gabriel Boric's economic plan, will...
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Explainer-Migration, inflation and mining: Chile’s Boric faces full in-tray
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - New Chilean President Gabriel Boric, a 36-year-old from outside the political mainstream, has pledged...
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Peruvian community blocks road used by MMG copper mine, source says
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - A community in the Peruvian Andes has blocked a key transport road used by...
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Chile starts debate of new Constitution amid jitters over mining, Congress plans
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's constituent assembly began formally debating on Tuesday motions for a new Constitution to...
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Peru community says it will not block Las Bambas mining road for now
LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian community on Monday said it would not block the key mining road used by MMG's...
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Peru community to restart blockade of Las Bambas mine road, neighbors pause protest
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian community said on social media on Sunday that it will restart a...
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Zambia aims for IMF debt deal in May – Finance Minister
By Chris Mfula, Karin Strohecker and Joe Bavier LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia expects an International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt health...
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Peru communities reject latest proposal to end Las Bambas mine conflicts
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAYHUA, Peru (Reuters) - Leaders of a group of Peruvian communities said in a public hearing on...
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Tensions rise again against Peru’s Las Bambas mine, despite latest deal
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez said on Friday she would travel again next Friday to an area...
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A nightlong vigil on a muddy, rainy hilltop to capture Hong Kong’s change
HONG KONG (Reuters) - It was close to midnight when Reuters photojournalist Tyrone Siu spotted chatter among students in an...
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Peru community to attend mine blockade meet in reversal of decision
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian community blocking a road used by MMG Ltd's Las Bambas...
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Peru PM says state of emergency would be ‘last resort’ as Las Bambas mine stops operations
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's prime minister Mirtha Vasquez said on Thursday that declaring a state...
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Factbox: Chile’s presidential candidates on mining, pensions and LGBT rights
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday, a...
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Peru’s poor Andean hamlets, backed by state, unleash anger at mines
By Marcelo Rochabrun PISACCASA, Peru (Reuters) - Gabino Leon is angry, and he is not alone. The farmer in Peru's...
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