Analysis: Mines and votes - Socialist Castillo sweeps Peru's key mining regions
Peru's key mining regions overwhelming supported socialist Pedro Castillo, who looks on track to win the Andean country's tight presidential election and has pledged to sharply hike taxes on firms operating in the world's no. 2 copper producer. The high support in districts where key mines are located underscores how tensions have burst through after years of conflict between mining firms and the local communities who often say they are left behind and do not share in the wealth. Those regions are home to major mines such as the huge Las Bambas copper mine, operated by China...