President Santos: what’s wrong with you? Can you not see your country is being poisoned in many ways as well? It’s time to put your big boy pants on:
shed some light on THE TRUTH regarding the ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
DO SOME REAL WORK >>> AUTHORIZE and ENFORCE positive change regarding illegal mining.
Enough lip service. Hire Putin & his Russian SWAT teams if that’s what it takes!
Look no further than Peru to see how this illegal mining is a VERY REAL and VERY SERIOUS environmental disaster:
“The activity has also led to violence, pollution and the destruction of over 40,000 hectares of the country's Amazonic rainforest”.
About 40,000 illegal miners ignore Peru’s deadline to formalize status
April 23, 2014
https://www.mining.com/about-40000-illegal-miners-ignore-perus-deadline-to-formalize-status-81664/
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“Since 2011 thousands of Peruvians have flocked to the country's Amazon region to join a chaotic gold rush. But illegal mining has led to violence, pollution and the destruction of parts of the country's precious rainforest”.
“illegal gold mining in the Andean country has already destroyed more than 40,000 hectares of Amazonic forest so far”
"[Quincemil] is an area where there is no law. People are killed every day, and authorities live permanently threatened by illegal miners," said Ráez.
Devastating cost of illegal mining in Peru higher than ever thought: government
September 16, 2013
https://www.mining.com/devastating-cost-of-illegal-mining-in-peru-higher-than-ever-thought-government-81133/
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