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Message: Small Miners - El Diario - May 5
| 70 thousand small-scale miners live from the extraction of gold |
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Isidro Casanova The events of recent days, related to the illegal extraction of gold by small miners, in which there were evictions, confiscation and destruction of machinery and equipment, concluded with a protest and closing the trunk or 10 international road, leaving incommunicado transit towards the Gran Sabana, Brazil and other South American countries. The development of this critical table, it is similar to the events of the past 20 years in the world of small mining towns in the South, although three years ago, the protests spread to the municipalities Raúl Leoni, Sucre and Cedeño. Leaders miners estimate that in those municipalities there are about 70 thousand small-scale miners who live off the extraction of gold. Of these 70 thousand small-scale miners, only 15% of available titles and permits to work the land. The remaining works-and some already in the traditional way - without permits or the Ministry of Mines, nor the Ministry of Environment. Since the free use gold was banned from the Government of Carlos Andrés Pérez, the security forces repelled this activity, arguing further that cause ecological damage. Leaders solidarity The previous approaches are part of the portfolio demands of leadership based on mining unit Minera del Sur, whose main leaders are Paul Zambrano, Antonio Rivas, Pedro Romero, Dallys Figueroa, Jose Vargas and others. The same approach is the only Central Mining and South-Cumis - chaired by William Padilla, Thelmo Fajardo, as general manager and others. These leaders have indicated to them is the possibility that Rodolfo Sanz, new Minister of Basic Industries and Mining open dialogue to take final decisions. They take into account the miners emerge until stable jobs for miners, whether dealing with mines or companies, conflicts could go repeating. A leader who asked not be identified sentenced: "Whenever you is gold, there will be miners", unless assigned productive areas ". |
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