One autumn day in 2009, the price of gold topped $1,000 an ounce.
That
nice, round number brought cheers on London trading floors and toasts
in Manhattan bars, but it made a different noise in "Mother of God,"
Peru.
Madre de Dios is a
pristine chunk of the Amazon about the size of South Carolina, where
macaws and monkeys, jaguars and butterflies thrive. It is some of the
healthiest rainforest left on Earth and here, that $1000 number brought
the sound of chain saws, diesel pumps and dirt bikes.
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Yeah, those barefoot kids won't benefit in any way from the jobs and money that will follow.
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MUCH more important to have a pristine environment - the hell with the people who live there.
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