Peru's President Ollanta Humala addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 26, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
LIMA (Reuters) - The government of Peru President Ollanta Humala said Thursday that it was lifting a state of emergency to start talks with local leaders over MMG Ltd's $7.4 billion Las Bambas copper project.
The government had suspended civil liberties and authorized military patrols in the southern Andean regions of Apurimac and Cusco after three people protesting the massive mine were killed by police in clashes last month.
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