Bougainville's long road to independence
The Documentary Podcast
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Papa New Guinea - The Panguna Mine
In the 17 years it was working, the panguna coper and gold mine made more than two billion us. Dollars. This was great news for papa new guinea and the owners of the mine. We received only around one % of the profits, and our land became severely polluted. The civil war that broke out in bogenville in 19 eightyegt harpie has already seen the worst fighting in the region since the end of the second world war. More than 15 thousand people were killed. When a piac stel was finally struck, the papaNewGuinea government agreed to allow us a vote on independence. Although the vote is non binding for the pianche
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