Internet? Give us irrigation, Peru farmers say
16th Oct 2005, 14:12 GMT
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Hundreds of Peruvian farmers living near the huge Las Bambas copper project plan a two-day protest on Sunday against a government program to spend a social fund on Internet connections in an area where many cannot read or write.
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