FILE PHOTO: Peru's Mining Minister Romulo Mucho speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Lima, Peru May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Aquino/File Photo
LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners in the Andean nation camped out at the legislature's building in the capital and intermittently halted traffic throughout the south.
Peruvian small-scale miners - many of whom do not operate with proper permits - have been demanding a two-year extension of a program that allows them to operate temporarily.
