Peru: campesinos block roads to protest mining operation http://www.ww4report.com/node/8541

Some 4,000 residents of Islay, in southern Peru, blocked the Panamerican Highway on April 17, cutting off traffic with the Chilean and Bolivian borders, to protest the proposed Tía María copper project, overseen by the Mexican-owned Southern Perú Copper Corporation (SPCC), which they charge places local water sources and the agricultural economy at risk.

The protesters suspended the action the following day when Peru's Defensora del Pueblo (rights ombudsperson) Beatriz Merino traveled to the region to pledge further dialogue on the environmental impacts of the project. President Alan Garcia said the roadblock was the work of a "small minority who practice terrorism." 

comment-also see...Massacre in the Amazon: The U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement Sparks a Battle Over Land and Resources http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6191  StopPeruFTA - Free Trade Agreement With Peru - TradeJustice.net http://stopperufta.org/   Open Letter to the United States Congress - Oppose the U.S.-Peru FTA  http://nyfairtrade.org/peru.php