Peru communities protesting MMGs Las Bambas mine to meet President Castillo

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pLIMA Reuters – A group of Peruvian indigenous communities that have been protesting MMG Ltds huge Las Bambas copper mine will meet with President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday in Lima in a new bid to defuse the crisis, a community leader told Reuters. pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

pEdison Vargas, the President of the Fuerabamba community, said the groups hoped to present their problems to Castillo, a leftist president who came to office last year pledging to redistribute mining wealth in the worlds No. 2 copper producer.p

pLas Bambas, which supplies 2 of global copper, suspended operations on April 20 due to the protests and has been unable to restart production since, the most severe crisis the Chineseowned mine has faced.p

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pp Reporting by Marco Aquino Writing by Marcelo Rochabrunp

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