Saturday, December 17, 2011

State of siege lifted in Peru mine region

An indigenous woman from Cajamarca state protests against the Conga gold and silver mining project outside the government palace as police stand by in Lima, Peru, Friday Dec. 16, 2011. Peru's government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country's biggest mining project. Protesters worry that the $4.8 billion Conga gold mine could taint and diminish their water supply. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

An indigenous woman from Cajamarca state protests against the Conga gold and silver mining project outside the government palace as police stand by in Lima, Peru, Friday Dec. 16, 2011. Peru's government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country's biggest mining project. Protesters worry that the $4.8 billion Conga gold mine could taint and diminish their water supply. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Indigenous women from Cajamarca state protest against the Conga gold and silver mining project outside the government palace as police stand by in Lima, Peru, Friday Dec. 16, 2011. Peru's government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country's biggest mining project. Protesters worry that the $4.8 billion Conga gold mine could taint and diminish their water supply. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

(AP) ? Peru's government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country's biggest mining project.

The government announcement late Thursday says "order had been re-established" in the four provinces of Cajamarca state where the 60-day emergency was declared Dec. 5.

The government says it will send a high-level delegation to resume dialogue with protest leaders led by Gov. Gregorio Santos.

He praised the decision on Friday, telling The Associated Press it was a "form of vindication for a very unjust act that never should have happened."

Protesters worry that the $4.8 billion Conga gold mine could taint and diminish their water supply.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2011-12-16-LT-Peru-Mining-Dispute/id-0ecfc441ec374e03a6a35b73c8e32c17

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