image
PERU TOXIC TOWN
A view of the Volcan mine in the mining town of Cerro de Pasco, Peru, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. 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)
Instructions
License
Rights Managed
Date created
20090914
Place
CERRO DE PASCO
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
AP
Byline
MARTIN MEJIA
Size
5616 x 2634 px
File type
JPEG