"Arequipa: Four mining companies refuse to attend meeting and Caylloma residents begin strike,” June 2, 2025

The population of Caylloma (Arequipa) has been observing a 48-hour preventive strike since Monday, June 2, as a protest measure. This follows the absence of the mining companies Buenaventura, Bateas, Crespo, and Zafranal from the third working roundtable convened on May 26 in the district of Chivay. Residents of Caylloma are demanding that the companies operating in the area comply with their social and environmental responsibilities, as well as repair the roads used by their heavy vehicles…

The Defense Front of the province of Caylloma, led by Ismael Cayosi Condori, stated that the shutdown is a response to the abandonment of communities by the mining companies operating in the area…

“Let the mining companies comply with the social and environmental responsibility they have failed to meet—neither Buenaventura nor Bateas has done so”…

A resident of Sibayo explained the impact of this situation on her community’s daily life. “We are suffering because of transportation. The mining companies have left our roads destroyed, and we cannot get around,” she denounced.