The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.
1,656 β mining concession requests in Puno alone in 2010.
1,222 β peasant communities in Puno which rely on water and natural resources for their livelihood.
βThe Santa Ana project is located 140 kilometers south of the city of Puno in the department of Puno,β said the website of the Vancouver-based Bear Creek Mining Corporation earlier this year, describing the new silver mine it was about to open up.
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