Precious Things in Peru: The Search for Gold

Peru is an interesting country in that it has been forgedIn the wake of these erstwhile geopolitical changes,
by the Conquistadors, brought into modern times byastute Latin America watchers may well ask
the Japanese (including a famous Peruvian leader withwhat’s going on in Peru? According to Linda
Japanese DNA) and may fall into the orbit of MainlandDixon, an American gold entrepreneur now based in
China. Peru, like many Latin American countries, canPeru, that South American nation ranks high in both
indeed be seen as a natural resource colony forsilver and gold production. Corporations which may or
Asia’s emerging power houses.may not adhere to environmentally-sound mining
According to an NGO worker based in Costa Rica,procedures are assessing the risks in the marketplace
“America is losing power by the day and is noin regard to the terms of capital investment, borrowing
longer able to keep China out of Central and Southand the rate of return.
America, nor Russia for that matter.”