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Colombia allows some miners to work in new national park, sparks debate

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 4:40 pm Energy Precious Metals Europe Latin America Coal Gold 

Colombians are divided over the government’s decision of leaving an area where mining multinationals have licenses to operate outside the borders of the newly-minted Santurban national park, reports El Tiempo (in Spanish). The resolution, announced Thursday by Energy Minister, Federico...

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