Peru: Social organizations rally against controversial mining project

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Social organizations mobilize in Perú to demand the cancellation of the mining project that they claim will affect the water supply in the cities of Lima and Callao.

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00:00Social organizations mobilized in Peru to demand the cancellation of the mining project

00:05that they claim will affect the water supply in the cities of Lima and Callao.

00:09Demonstrators gathered outside the legislature for a day-long protest against the mining

00:13project, scheduled to be discussed in Congress Friday.

00:16The project seeks to build an underground mine that is said to affect at least 11 million

00:21people and would allegedly prevent them from having drinking water in their homes.

00:25The hearing for the approval of the project was scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, but was requested

00:30to be postponed due to health issues of the judge ruling the case.

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