The governor of Bolivar state, Francisco Rangel Gomez, was present at Tumeremo (Sifontes municipality) and took the opportunity to meet with miners in the area, who raised major issues affecting their communities.

Among them, of course, highlights the conflict between the mining town, especially among those who are going through the process of conversion, as yet have been unable to perform activities that would enable them to have a decent quality of life.

They are on the lookout for the operationalization of three companies that generate sources of employment to enable them to improve their quality of life.

In this sense, Pasiano Ellimam, captain of the Indian community Araimatepuy, stressed the importance of operationalizing hospital said: "This is a central location where they are indigenous people of all communities nearby. We need doctors so that everyone can be assisted when needed. "

Electricity is also a problem because of the divestiture of previous governments. Ellimam stated that in 30 years has never been the maintenance of its electricity sector, hence the urgent need to restore it completely.

For his part, Jimenez reported that insecurity is growing in the area, so it requested a further allocation of police patrols. "Those that we are in poor condition and are almost never available when a robbery occurs or an accident," he said.

Solutions worthy

Faced with these drawbacks, many of them inherited from the irresponsibility of previous efforts, Rangel addressed words of encouragement to the community of Sifontes: "We have a big social problem immensely, but I congratulate all and all because they have never unconscious."

Pencil and paper in hand, the governor of Bolivar state scored all requests for his people and assured that would be discussed with his cabinet to find an early solution. He assured them that no immediate response because it would be misleading, however, pledged to visit the area this month to "seek solutions on the site," solutions that are possible to carry out in a short period of time. (Government Press)