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Over Two Decades of Impunity for Environmental and Health Disaster in Peruvian Village

LIMA, Jun 03 (IPS) – “We are not asking for money, but for our health, for a dignified life,” is the cry of the people of Choropampa, which lawyer Milagros Pérez continually hears 22 years after the environmental disaster that occurred in this town in the department of Cajamarca, in Peru´s northern Andes highlands, on the afternoon of Jun. 2, 2000.

Read the full story, “Over Two Decades of Impunity for Environmental and Health Disaster in Peruvian Village”, on globalissues.org

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