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Americo De Grazia: "State is acting unfairly against the miners'
Saturday, January 22, 2011 00:00 0 Comments María Martínez
The National Assembly deputy repudiated the national government action against men and women who for years have been working at different sites south of Bolivar State and other towns in the region to promote the transnational

Upata. "The National Assembly deputy and member of the Mining Commission in parliament Américo De Grazia, in a press conference called unfair evictions and abuses committed against the miners of southern Bolivar state, therefore The conference will be discussing a number of proposals and projects for workers in this area.

For these injustices perpetrated against the miners, soon will consider a number of proposals in the National Assembly to allow the continuation of the work legally in the mining areas, as these sites record a large number of fathers and mothers of families who revenues obtained in this work.

He stressed that the most affected areas were El Callao, El Manteco, butterfly, Upper Caura and some sites Cedeño municipality, where the miners lived systematic abuses of this type of work, which is part of the economic livelihood of some families in the southern state of Bolivar.

"Many miners live this kind of abuse and eviction, as in El Callao and cyanide to strengthen Russian and Canadian multinational companies so that these companies have more space at the expense of long hours of work that people have had for years have been working in the fields, "said De Grazia.

He mentioned that another of the places hit was the La Ramona, where employees were evacuated, shutting the door on this site in an arbitrary manner, in order not to allow access to people, but to the transnational guarded by troops National Army under orders from central government.

Said, also denied entry to a law judge, who was to perform a visual inspection of the mine's Ramona, to control the instruments or items of work which the miners were working on this site, people who have more than 60 years doing this kind of work.

Proposal to the assembly

He stressed that the deputies of the opposition parties have refused to negotiate with the large transnationals, which can invest in the mining areas of Venezuela, however, disagree with the injustices and abuses that are being carried out on persons who have years working in these places.

Neither agree eviction of thousands of fathers and mothers who get their source of income in the exploitation of this mineral, which at the present time two political leaders are being held for not agreeing to the eviction of the miners, therefore these is a proposal brought before the National Assembly.

Members are not opposed to the Government give the land to large multinationals, but not the plots occupied by more than 60 years for workers, as Cristalex happening, which is the second richest mine in Latin America, the first in Venezuela and third in the world with the largest reserves of gold.

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