Protesters take over Juliaca airport in southern Peru

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Protesters take over Juliaca airport in southern Peru

From Living in Peru:

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Opinion from Peru-N-English: 

Headline correction: “Terrorists” take over Juliaca airport in southern Peru. Protests are peaceful. My protesting on this blog is peaceful. What these terrorist leaders are inciting is the antithesis of peaceful. It is evil! In these riots people are dying at the behest and pleasure their own leaders.

As someone by the name of  AlexC commented on this article  about the same subject, the radical terrorist leaders love it when one of theirs get killed. It helps the cause! I believe most of these poor folks are just blind ignorant followers who are being used to serve the evil purpose of their radical leadership. It’s a shame really. But it is also tragedy the way Bear Creek Mining is being treated by Perú’s government. They have done nothing wrong. Actually Bear Creek Mining has done everything right. I’m sure they will not stand still for this. They have a lot on the table and there is no truth to the allegations being waved around.

I’m a big fan of fair play and I'm pretty unhappy about this situation. I’m alerting as many investors as I can possibly contact, through all avenues available to me, about the corruption that is being allowed to rule the day here. I truly want the world and the investment community to know the truth. I sincerely hope all decent and honest observers of this travesty do the same.

The Supreme Decree prohibiting mining in the Santa Ana project area includes artisanal (informal) mining. But, since the government of Perú can't police nor control the artisanal mining that has been polluting the Ramis River Basin and Lake Titicaca in Puno for many years, it would appear to be a toothless restriction. As the wildcat miners know very well.

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In my opinion when facing these types of volatile and dangerous riots; government officials should use both police and military troops in overwhelming numbers to subdue the participants. Then attempt to capture and remove the main agitators and leaders to stop the destruction and preserve the peace. Too few enforcement personnel only serve to agitate the rioters and guarantees a greater chance of unnecessary deaths.   

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