Peruvian Mining Protest Leader Arrested For Calling For More Protests - BBC
Peruvian police have arrested the leader of anti-mining protests a day after declaring a state of emergency in a southern Andean province. Herbert Huaman was among several activists detained, following more than a week of demonstrations against a mining project by Swiss company Xstrata.
The copper mine dispute in Espinar province, near Cusco, is over environmental issues and pay. Two protesters were killed on Monday. The deaths prompted the Peruvian government to declare the state of emergency, which will be in place for 30 days.
Mr Huaman is the president of the Front for the Defence of Espinar. Shortly before being arrested, he called on president Ollanta Humala to lift the state of emergency in Espinar "to initiate the dialogue and resolve the environmental problems".
In a statement, the Peruvian Interior Ministry said Mr Huaman was arrested because he was calling for more protests.
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