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Ancash citizens start new protests against Barrick Gold

Coordinadora Nacional de Radio

Various civil society organisations of the Huaylas Callej�n started a series of protests against the mining company Barrick Misquichilca. The company refuses to paralyse its exploration work on the Condorhuain mountain even though the area was declared.

This is what Juan Navarro, representative of the National Confederation of Communities Affected by Mining (CONACAMI), informed, and whom accused the head of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) Juan Valdivia of disrupting the negotiations between the inhabitants of the affected area and the representatives of the Canadian company.

"The leaders of CORECAMI (Regional CONACAMI) in Ancash are working hard  to have the authorities in general place attention on the problem of Condorhuain mountain. Previously, we already held a dialogue, thanks to the regional strike on the 11th and 12th of April, but the good will of the head of the MEM is missing." he said.

The protests by the inhabitants were made with the backing to the Ancash Regional Government, the provincial municipality of Huaraz and other institutions that support the protection of the Condorhuain mountain, where various rivers originate.

Barrick Misquichilca has executed, since some months ago, a mining exploitation study in this sector, however, the community inhabitants in Condorhuain denounced that the company never solicited authorization and that they are operating, shielded by the permission given by the Regional Energy and Mines Office in Ancash.

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Ancashinos inician nuevas protestas contra minera Barrick Gold
http://www.cnr.org.pe/noticia.php?id=17925

Lima, Peru, 02/05/2007 (CNR) - Diversas organizaciones de la sociedad civil del Callej�n de Huaylas iniciaron una jornada de protestas contra la minera Barrick Misquichilca, la cual se niega a paralizar sus trabajos de exploraci�n en el cerro Condorhuain, pese a que la zona fue declarada como intangible por el Gobierno Regional de Ancash.

As� lo inform� el representante de la Confederaci�n Nacional de las Comunidades Afectadas por la Miner�a (CORECAMI), Juan Navarro, quien acus� al titular del Ministerio de Energ�a y Minas (MEM), Juan Valdivia, de entorpecer las negociaciones entre la poblaci�n del sector afectado con los representantes de la compa��a canadiense.

"Los dirigentes de CORECAMI en Ancash est�n trabajando arduamente para que las autoridades en general pongan atenci�n al problema del cerro Condorhuain. Anteriormente, ya hab�amos sostenido un di�logo, a trav�s del paro regional del 11 y 12 de abril, pero falta la voluntad por parte del titular del MEM", sostuvo.

En declaraciones al programa "Di�logo Directo" de la Coordinadora Nacional de Radio (CNR), Navarro enfatiz� que el premier Jorge Del Castillo ha demostrado disposici�n para mediar en las conversaciones entre las partes para solucionar el problema; sin embargo, sin el apoyo del ministro Valdivia es poco lo que se puede hacer.

Cabe indicar que las protestas de los pobladores se realizan con el respaldo del Gobierno Regional de Ancash, la municipalidad provincial de Huaraz, y otras entidades e instituciones que velan por la protecci�n del cerro Condorhuain, de donde parten diversos r�os.

Barrick Misquichilca ejecuta, desde hace varios meses, un estudio de explotaci�n minera en este sector; sin embargo, los comuneros de Condorhuain denunciaron que dicha empresa nunca les solicit� la autorizaci�n social y que viene operando al amparo de un permiso otorgado por la Direcci�n Regional de Energ�a y Minas en Ancash.

 

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