TAPAIRIHUA, Peru, Dec 1 (Reuters) – In the hills of Tapairihua in Peru’s Andes, Samuel Retamozo and other artisanal miners have found a rich seam of copper on their indigenous community’s land. Armed with temporary government permits, they started exploiting it earlier this year. There’s just one problem – the seam is within the site […]

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