Protest in Peru against Xstrata mine turns deadly

Two people were killed and 40 were injured in protests near Xstrata Plc's Peruvian copper mine on Monday, as people clashed with police forcibly clearing roadblocks that have isolated the mine, officials ...

Leftist ex-military man Ollanta Humala claimed victory in Peru's presidential runoff and celebrated with thousands of supporters in central Lima as final official results trickled in."The results have been given, the quick counts show us that we've successfully got here and we've won the elections in Peru," Humala shouted over a cheering crowd, many waving red and white Peruvian flags.

Leftist ex-military man Ollanta Humala looked set to win Peru's presidency, according to first estimates, after a tight battle with Keiko Fujimori, heir to a jailed, authoritarian ex-president.Supporters of the 48-year-old former lieutenant colonel Humala, who just lost out in the 2006 election, cheered as the first results came in and gathered holding red and white Peruvian flags in a main Lima square.

Emerging Money submits: By Tim Seymour Going into next month’s runoff election, the Peruvian electorate looks deadlocked, but the country’s stock market is surging nonetheless. As reflected by the Peruvian ETF (EPU), the Lima market has rallied 10% since Wednesday morning.

Peruvian police detained indigenous leader Alberto Pizango at the Lima airport Wednesday as he returned from 11 months in exile in Nicaragua, his lawyer told AFP.Pizango faces charges in Peru for sedition, conspiracy and leading a rebellion in a protest in the country's north in June.On June 5, 34 people were killed when protestors clashed with police.

LIMA (Reuters) - Protests at Xstrata's Tintaya copper mine in southern Peru have blocked transport links, but it is operating normally and its port on the Pacific coast has stocks of concentrates for the time being, a company executive said on Monday. Despite being hit by a week-long protest, Xstrata is committed to investing in Peru and its $1.5 billion expansion to the Tintaya mine is on track to open in late August, said Luis Rivera, the company's operations director for Peru. ...

Leftist ex-military man Ollanta Humala has claimed victory in Peru's tightly-contested presidential runoff, after official results gave him a slight lead over right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori."We have won the presidential elections," Humala told journalists before heading to celebrate with his supporters in central Lima, ahead of a complete count of official results.