Andalgalá, Catamarca...Local citizens suffered a brutal beating, teargas, and rubber bullets fired by local police at a pro-mining meeting...between high government officials and mining representatives...when [the citizens] claimed their right to know about the agreements to be signed...Andalgalá is home to a decade-long mining venture by Xstrata Copper, Canadian Goldcorp, and Northern Orion Resources, which has left, according to locals, little in the way of riches for local residents, bringing instead poverty and degradation. [also refers to Barrick Gold]