SANTIAGO - Chile's parliament is set to approve a long-awaited bill Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
Peru's new socialist government swept to power pledging to strike a new deal with the copper mining sector and redistribute profits to Andean communities.
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru s new socialist government swept to power pledging to strike a new deal with the copper mining sector and redistribute profits to Andean communities like those around the huge Las Bambas project, owned by China s MMG Ltd. Those promises are now being tested, with protests and blockades at Las Bambas in the country s south straining government negotiators, a reflection of wider tensions between indigenous communities and the key mining sector. The government and one local community agreed a temporary truce last week after a three-week long road blockade of a key transport road in the region of Chumbivilcas almost led to a shutdown of the mine that produces some 2% of global copper. But tensions remain high ahead of new talks this week, with threats of further blockades as critics say the leftist government of President Pedro Castillo has not lived up to its promises to voters in mining regions, who bolstered his campaign. They continue with the
Peru's new socialist government swept to power pledging to strike a new deal with the copper mining sector and redistribute profits to Andean communities like those around the huge Las Bambas project, owned by China's MMG Ltd .