The Inter-American Court condemns Peru for violating the rights of 80 people contaminated by heavy metals. The ruling orders compensation, a relocation plan, as well as free medical and psychological treatment for victims.

This is a historic ruling for a town that in 2011 was named the second most polluted city in the world. In 1922 the North American company Cerro de Pasco Cooper Corporation operated there. Years later, between 1997 and 2009, it passed into the hands of the American Doe Run of Grupo Renco.