The miners returned to the trunk trancar 10...
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May 02, 2008 03:53AM
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The miners returned to the trunk trancar 10
Many miners, protesting eviction from their mine fields, especially in the area of the upper The Chiwuo, the trance trocal 10, at the village of Las Claritas, Sifontes municipality.
According to the information available last minute, the lock began entering yesterday afternoon, we became paralyzed traffic in the 10 backbone, international highway linking the movement of vehicles between the centre of the country and South America .
It was reported that the protest generates an order from the officials who gave TO5 within 48 hours of vine that miners, workers in the high Chiwuo, vacate mines by environmental pollution problems.
The lock occurred in the afternoon, in Las Claritas, a remote population, 650 kilometers from Puerto Ordaz and 400 of Tumeremo, where this information is generated. At the time of this writing, we do not have further details, only it was reported that the miners wanted to seize the effects of the First of May to submit their protests.
In the afternoon, we contacted the commissioner Dacio Hernandez, head of the police station 07, the municipality Sifontes, who was limited to confirm the information excuse to add any comment.
81% of Sifontes of the economy depends on small-scale mining
Meanwhile, Delio Machado, one of the candidate to the council of the Municipality Sifontes, reacted angry miners against evictions, saying that if the economy Sifontes municipality, depends on more than 81% of small-scale mining, accused of causing environmental damage, the is more natural to open dialogue. ISIC
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Brisas del Cuyuní Company expects permission from the ministry of environment
Indira Pino
Representatives of Indigenous Communities and Creole, the parish of San Isidro, Sifontes municipality, Alcides Herrera, Daniel Gomez, Eligio Velasquez, Idalys Jimenez and Edwin Casiano, asked the minister to the People's Power of Environment (MARN), Ortega and Yubirí the president Chavez, realizing the record start of the mining company Brisas del Cuyuní.
According to Herrera, since October 30 last year until now have not received a reply, even if recognized, it will be through the boot of the company when it may be the true environmental and economic development it needs the area .
They stressed that the illegal small-scale mining will continue to inflict severe damage to the environment of absence beginning to Brisas del Cuyuní.
Delegates from the community pointed out that while the national government always raised the conversion of mining and links, should also understand that the company will demonstrate that this project is feasible and can be implemented for the benefit of the nature of the country and all its inhabitants.
Support for Brisas del Cuyuní by representatives emerges as the only company that has all the necessary requirements to achieve and fulfill the goals of environmental preservation, as the company gives priority to this aspect, mentioned.
That's because the project has its Feasibility Study technical, financial and environmental, duly approved by the Ministry of Mines, and he was consigned to the authorities of MARN and the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam), Impact Study Environmental and Socio-cultural.
From given the long-awaited start of the project could generate about seven thousand direct jobs and 19 thousand indirect, in addition to contributing to the overall development of the area.