Tambogrande
Peru | 2007
As the trial of Peru's ex-president, Alberto Fujimori, gets underway, the legacy of his administration is being reappraised. One of his most controversial actions was over-riding his own constitution and secretly granting mining concessions to a foreign multinational. The planned Tambogrande gold mine would have contaminated local soil and water supplies, forced half a town to be relocated and de…