The Mantaro River Tragedy

Link  http://savelaoroya.org/ The Mantaro River Tragedy The Mantaro River’s headwaters are in the heart of the Peruvian Andes. From there it winds its course, fed by many smaller tributaries, eventually flowing into the fertile Mantaro valley, the breadbasket of Peru. It is the source of water for agricultural irrigation and electricity. Historically, it was alsoContinue reading “The Mantaro River Tragedy”

Ira Rennert

Link http://savelaoroya.org/ Ira Rennert is an American Billionaire industrialist with a long, documented track record of severe environmental abuses in the United States.  Government agencies have called him America’s “worst private polluter”.  Now Ira is doing the same thing in Peru.  In 1997 Ira created the Doe Run Peru company when he bought the miningContinue reading “Ira Rennert”