Word: sarundajang
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...Channeling Chávez There are limits to what any elected President can accomplish in the diverse and far-flung island nation. To many Indonesians, the wrangling over economic policy is a sign of a healthy democracy. Sarundajang, the North Sulawesi governor, points out that the original contract allowing Archipelago to dig for gold in his province was signed in 1986, during the Suharto years, when citizens' wishes were disregarded. The struggle against the mine, he contends, is a struggle to correct the sins of the past. By opposing the mine, he says he wants to "give a salute...
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