[Excerpt translation from Spanish provided by Business and Human Rights Resource Centre]

…The president of the community of Fuerabamba, Gregorio Rojas, reiterates that there will not be a continuation with the dialogue with the government if the Congress of the Republic does not approve a Law of Amnesty for the 500 community members against the mining company Las Bambas…”We cannot converse or dialogue having been criminalized in the province of Cotabambas by the company MMG Las Bambas, the National Police and the Judiciary”, affirmed Rojas to Canal N…”Here we want to live in peace with the mine and with the State. We have decided to trust the State again if that they can approve this amnesty Law and we, according to that, can begin to communicate”, he added.