AV# 68459
Choropampa: The Price of Gold [ El Precio del Oro ]



Digital Video Disc - 1 hour, 15 minutes - Color - 2002



On June 2, 2000, the Yanacocha gold mine in Peru spilled over 300 pounds of mercury across a 25 mile long stretch of highway, contaminating the mountain village of Choropampa. This video looks at the conflict between the company, owned by Peruvian intere sts, the World Bank and a United States mining corporation, which insists the spill was completely cleaned up, and the local people, 900 of whom still suffer from mercury poisoning. Filmmakers Ernesto Cabellos and Stephanie Boyd. Guarango Film and Video.


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