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copper mining Colombian rainforest

A powerful U.S. political family is behind a copper mine in the Colombian rainforest

Two members of the Sununu family, a powerful U.S. Republican Party dynasty, are among the directors or shareholders of Libero Copper, a proposed copper mine in the Colombian Amazon promoted as a clean energy project but harboring a significant downside for Indigenous groups. Andrés Bermúdez Liévano reports for Mongabay.

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copper mining Colombian rainforest

A powerful U.S. political family is behind a copper mine in the Colombian rainforest

Two members of the Sununu family, a powerful U.S. Republican Party dynasty, are among the directors or shareholders of Libero Copper, a copper mine promoted in the Colombian Amazon.

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