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May 2nd Action In Vallenar, Chile

by Atacama Limpioatacamalimpio [at] hotmail.com

  Around 80 persons gathered in the Plaza de Armas in Vallenar to respond to the call made by the Ecological Group Clean Atacama and the Board of Defense of the Valley to protest against the mining firm Barrick Gold, a demonstration which was part of a worldwide day of action against the transnacional company for the effects which the are affecting upon the Huasco valley in their Pascua Lama mining project.
  
  At 7:30 pm the peaceful demonstration began with a candle-lighting and reflections about the issue, and later the participants marched along the sidewalk on Prat street, in the provincial capital of Huasco, arriving at the local offices of the Minera Nevada Company, the Barrick affiliate who is carrying out this disaster.
  
  It was pointed out that the province of Huasco should learn from the environmental errors committed in the provinces of Cha�aral and Copiap�.  Another of the points made was the division of the population that the mining company has achieved through their strategy of forcing the people to choose between defense of the environment of the valley and economic �progress.�
  
  El 2 de mayo en Vallenar, Chile


  Cerca de 80 personas se congregaron en la Plaza de Armas de Vallenar para plegarse al llamado que hiciera el Grupo Ecol�gico Atacama Limpio y el Consejo Defensa del Valle en protesta contra la minera Barrick Gold, movilizaci�n que se enmarc� en una jornada mundial en reproche de la transnacional por los efectos que tendr�a su intervenci�n en el valle del Huasco al ejecutar el proyecto minero Pascua Lama.

  Cerca de las 19.30 horas comenz� la manifestaci�n pac�fica con una velat�n y reflexi�n acerca del tema, enseguida los presentes continuaron marchando por la vereda en direcci�n por calle Prat de la capital de la provincia del Huasco, hasta llegar a las afueras de la oficina de la Compa��a Minera Nevada (CMN), filial encargada de ejecutar este desastre.

  Se se�alo que la provincia del Huasco debe aprender de los errores ambientales cometidos en las provincias de Cha�aral y Copiap�. Otro de los aspectos destacados apunta a la divisi�n que ha ocasionado la empresa minera en la poblaci�n, al obligar a las personas a elegir entre la defensa del valle y el progreso
econ�mico.

 

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