Nick Turse
Indigenous women rest after protesting the Conga gold and silver mining project 	    in Cajamarca, Peru, Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012. Demonstrators in Peru resumed their 	    protests against plans to develop a $4.8 billion gold mine, saying they fear 	    the mine will will taint their water and affect a major aquifer. The mine 	    is majority owned by U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp. (Karel Navarro)

Indigenous women rest after protesting the Conga gold and silver mining project in Cajamarca, Peru, Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012. Demonstrators in Peru resumed their protests against plans to develop a $4.8 billion gold mine, saying they fear the mine will will taint their water and affect a major aquifer. The mine is majority owned by U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp. (Karel Navarro)

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