Bougainville place
also: Bougainvillea, Bougainvilleans
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that declared its independence in 1975. And we covered that when we did Southeast Asia. It's a very interesting story. So did the nearby island of Bougainvillea, the site of one of the largest copper mines in the world. Oh my gosh, here's m…
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Years later, however, the local landlords rebelled and shut down the mine. This became a problem for the Papua New Guinea government, which depended on its revenue from the mine for half of its budget. So in early 1997, the Papua New Guinea…
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The Papua New Guinea military denounced Sandline's contract. The prime minister fired the military commander and the soldiers. The soldiers, showing their devotion to the commander and their anger to the government, began anti-government pr…