How one Peruvian community fought a mine and won

How one Peruvian community fought a mine and won

Parán is a small Indigenous community in the hills of Huaura, in central Peru.  It’s far from the highway, along a winding dirt road that’s carved along harrowing precipices.  Up here, the air is cool…  and their town of adobe and cinderblock homes is nestled on the side of the mountain.  As are their fields of duraznos. Peach trees, which cover the terraced hillsides down into the valley and up toward the craggy peaks. This has been their home …