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New Bolivian law poses serious challenges for mining companies

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2012 | 10:52 am Energy Precious Metals Europe Latin America Coal Gold Lithium Silver 

This month Bolivia passed the world's first ruling that grants all nature equal rights to humans. The “Law of Mother Earth,” agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the South American nation's mineral deposits as "blessings" and is supposed...

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