Miners strike vein of discontent
Latin America gold rush is seen as a mixed blessing
Posted: October 21, 2012 at 2:27 a.m.
A miner works at a small gold-mining operation last year in Peru’s Madre de Dios region.
Steadily high prices for gold are having a dramatic effect on parts of Latin America, attracting a flood of foreign investment and stirring a gold bug among wildcat miners in the jungles.
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Business, Pages 69 on 10/21/2012
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