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Peru - The Curse of Inca Gold

 


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Synopsis of "The Curse of Inca Gold"

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The high-stakes battle to control the world's richest gold mine.

ALL THAT GLITTERS
Gold's place and power in society

THE TOXIC SHIMMER OF GOLD
The environmental costs of gold mining

FACTS & STATS
Peru's rich history and natural resources

LINKS &amp RESOURCES
From the Conquistadors to President Fujimori's reign

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Interviews and bios of the key players:

VLADIMIRO MONTESINOS

LARRY KURLANDER

ROBERT CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY

PATRICK MAUGEIN

ROQUE BENAVIDES

RONALD GAMARRA

PETER ROMERO

ANTOINE BLANCA


THE PLAYERS
Meet the players in the battle for the world's richest gold mine

THE DOCUMENTS
Text and scanned versions of documents relevant to the Yanacocha case

THE TIMELINE
The timeline of events in the the largest commercial dispute in Peruvian history

 
 

Montesinos's Web: Documents

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Letter sent during Clinton administration to Peruvian Prime Minister

This October 31, 1997, letter from Stuart Eizenstat, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs in the Clinton administration, to Peru's Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi Arbulo was written one month after the Peruvian Supreme Court agreed to review the Yanacocha case. The note at the top of this letter indicates that it was sent to Arbulo via "hand-carry" by Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Romero.

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