Tourists leave Puno amid escalating protests

More than 200 tourists who were stranded in southern Peru’s Puno department due to protests against mining activities have managed to leave the area, according to the president of the Regional Chamber of Tourism (Caretur), Manuel Quiñones. The tourists were able to leave the region through the airport at Juliaca, state news agency Andina reported. [...]

Peru miners to vote on strike at the end of January over job cuts

Peru miners affiliated to the country’s National Federation of Mine Workers will vote Jan. 30 and 31 on whether to launch an indefinite nationwide strike over their claim that mining companies are using the global financial crisis as an “excuse” to massively and “arbitrarily” fire workers, reported daily Expresso Monday. “Recent mining conflicts are only [...]