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Message: They claim that there is official complicity in illegal mining
They claim that there is official complicity in illegal mining
For Deputy Americo De Grazia there is a voracious bureaucracy
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There is a parallel mining FILE
EL UNIVERSAL
Monday January 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Although mining reported a drop of 5.3% at end-2012, according to preliminary figures from the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), "this activity has not stopped" at least in gold mining in the south, as Américo warns De Grazia, deputy to the National Assembly for La Causa R. Congressman points out that mining continues to operate "behind the backs" of government agencies. "to say 'back' because it seems, but in reality it is rather operate in competition with some authorities that they should be illegal mining activity, because there is nourished voracious bureaucracy interested in making shady deals ". More accusations "Authorities" argues De Grazia, to "encourage the elite that feeds of this unhealthy activity, which grows underground and get perks underhand, mocking the BCV for example. " In their construction, these resources "do not enter the National Treasury not fall in the official accounts do not pay taxes to the nation" . argues that these people "hide production, let out by unofficial routes, mock Minerven and National Mining", as titled mining companies in the region. "national power difficult to not know this," said . "With the G-2 and the most effective intelligence network that has had the country" in decades "looks hard not to be aware of what happens there." deputy consider that to reverse this situation, in principle, "not should extend the path of repression "that has been used so insistently against mining communities. their view, "should anticipate a dialogue of respect between the parties, in accordance, harmony with the environment, thus wins the country, miners and mining "as an important economic activity. remains in the National Assembly Law shelved for Development of Small Miners, passed in 2007. "It would just turn it" notes. Regarding the mining industry, De Grazia argues that there is "a hypocritical speech. They take the Rusoro concession to operate the Las Cristinas mine and deliver it to the cronies of the government, which are the Chinese "CITIC Group. Adds that "no matter who is granted a permit to foreign capital, provided it is done in a transparent and law abiding." MLhttp://www.eluniversal.com/economia/130121/denuncian-que-hay-complicidad-oficial-en-ilicitos-mineros
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