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PERU TOXIC TOWN
In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2009, a woman stands with buckets of water to take home in the mining town of Cerro de Pasco, Peru. As the government continues its aggressive push to extract the country's vast mineral and oil reserves, communities such as Cerro de Pasco show the conflict Peru faces between environmental contamination and jobs that is fueling violent protests, some deadly, from the Andes to the Amazon. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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License
Rights Managed
Date created
20090915
Place
CERRO DE PASCO
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
AP
Byline
MARTIN MEJIA
Size
5616 x 3744 px
File type
JPEG