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- Peru declares a authorities of exigency successful 2 provinces
- The authorities of exigency volition past for 2 months
(CNN)Peru declared a authorities of exigency successful 2 provinces starting Saturday aft protests against a mining task turned violent.
"The authorities has announced a declaration of a authorities of exigency successful each the districts successful Islay, Mollendo for 60 days," the presidency announced Friday night.
"The authorities of President (Ollanta) Humala volition support the constitution firmly and forcefully for the close of each the radical of Peru to unrecorded successful peace," the announcement continued.
National constabulary and the equipped forces volition beryllium called successful to support order, it said.
Video showed astatine slightest 1 protester who appeared to beryllium dormant from wounds to the caput astatine the Tia Maria copper excavation task site. Others battled with constabulary who lobbed teardrop state astatine them.
The protests are aimed astatine stopping a task projected by Southern Copper to unfastened a mine, which the demonstrators fearfulness volition pollute the situation and bash small for the section economy.
The authorities had done each it could to guarantee information to the environment, but it was forced to marque the determination owed to a "small group," Chief Cabinet Minister Pedro Cateriano said astatine a quality conference, according to the authoritative Andina quality agency.
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