LIMA, Peru (AP) — Protesters in Peru lifted their road blockade of Latin America's biggest gold mine late Tuesday in order to begin government-backed talks with the mine's owners, the mayor of the affected district said.
Yanacocha's owners had called the four-day-old protests "illegal and violent" and said they had cut back production after the access road was blocked and local peasants set ablaze back hoes, dump trucks and a bulldozer.
"We have suspended the blockade to open a dialogue on Thursday with directors of Yanacocha mine on a proposal made by the government," La Encanada Mayor Jorge Vasquez told The Associated Press.
He said that if an agreement isn't reached …
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