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South Americans Face Upheaval or Death Over Seized Water Supply
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People streamed into the central square in Celendin, a small city in the Peruvian Andes, the morning of July 3, 2012. They were protesting the government’s support for Newmont Mining Corp.’s plan to take control of four lakes to make way for a new gold and copper mine. By midday, there were 3,000.
Some hurled rocks at police and brandished clubs. Then assailants shot two officers and an Army soldier in the leg.