Democracy Now! July 1, 2012

July 06, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

A Japanese parliamentary inquiry has concluded last year's nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster." The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency in the mountain region of Cajamarca where thousands have gathered in recent days to protest the expansion of a gold mine owned by US firm Newmont. A new exposé looks at secret U.S. operations in Africa and how the United States rendered, tortured and discarded an innocent man from Tanzania. And Amy Goodman reports from Spain on the 75th anniversary of the Guernica bombing. Plus headlines, and more.

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Newmont Mining Corporation

Newmont Mining Corporation, based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA, is one of the world's largest producers of gold, with active mines in Nevada, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana and Peru. Holdings include Santa Fe Gold, Battle Mountain Gold, Normandy Mining, Franco... Explore this topic

Cajamarca

Cajamarca is located in the northern highlands of Peru and is the capital of the Cajamarca region. It is approximately 2,700 m above sea level and has a population of about 240,000 people. Cajamarca has an equatorial climate so it is mild, dry and sunny, which creates very fer... Explore this topic

Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peruvian territory was ho... Explore this topic

Politics of Peru

Politics of the Republic of Peru takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Peru is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. ... Explore this topic

Gold mining

Gold mining is the process of mining of gold or gold ores from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth. Explore this topic

Yanacocha

Yanacocha is a gold mine in northern Peru, considered to be the second largest gold mine in the world, producing over US$7 billion worth of gold to date. The 251-square kilometer open pit mine is situated about 30 kilometers north of Cajamarca, in high pampa, straddling the wa... Explore this topic

Ollanta Humala

Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso is a Peruvian politician and the President of Peru. A former army officer, Humala lost the presidential election in 2006 but won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote. He was elected as President of Peru in the second round, defeating Kei... Explore this topic

State of emergency

A state of emergency is a governmental declaration which usually suspends a few normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviors, or order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. It can a... Explore this topic

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, or reef, which forms the mineralized package of economic interest to the miner. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal and oil shale, gemstones,... Explore this topic

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

The ministerial orders of the Roman Catholic Church are those of bishop, presbyter, and deacon. The ordained priesthood and the common priesthood are different in function and essence. Unlike usage in English, "the Latin words sacerdos and sacerdotium are used to refer in gene... Explore this topic

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