Peru Declares Emergency in Islay After Mine Protest Deaths
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Peru declared a state of emergency in the coastal province of Islay after two months of protests of the construction of Southern Copper Corp.’s Tia Maria mine claimed a fourth life.
The armed forces will help police restore order in Islay for 60 days and some constitutional rights will be suspended, including freedom of transit and the right to hold meetings, according to a statement published Saturday in the state newspaper El Peruano.