IN BRIEF
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Carolina Maffia

Miners hope for intervention by the AN

  More than 33 thousand workers in the mining state of Bolivar, which belong to sectors The Merey, Guaniamo, San Vicente and La Sabanita of Antabari Paragua, among others, hoped to obtain a response to the failure of the so-called conversion mining.

  Fernando Rodriguez Monroy, in a press conference, and on behalf of the miners, expressed his satisfaction at the statement that the National Assembly will exercise through the Permanent Commission of Energy and Mines.

  Rodriguez Monroy, who was received with members of the commission, explained that by next March 26 estimated meet with the heads of government ministries of Basic Industries and Mining, Finance, Defense, Tourism and Environment. "We are not prepared to abandon our workplace," said a spokesman for the miners, recalling the action exerted by the TO5 against people exercising this work, "when we are not criminals."

  Rodriguez said many miners were not "converted", and less compensation, following his eviction from the mining areas in a manner that violated by the military.

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