Cocachacra The villagers in the province of Islay, Arequipa, they began an indefinite strike yesterday in protest against the mining project Aunt Mary to execute the Southern Peru. Averaging
1:00 pm a group of 1,500 protesters tried to reach the American South in order to take control of the road that connects to Tacna and Moquegua with the rest of the country.
As a result, the police arrived at the scene to face against people leaving at least 16 people injured, one of which is derived Mollendo's Hospital, according to the correspondent Carlos Zana. He also indicated that 18 policemen were with bruised by stones.
So far, 12 prosecutors have moved from Arequipa to Cocachacra to prevent protesters from reaching the road to take.
Thursday March 24, 2011 - 10:25
(Photo: Carlos Zanabria)
Cocachacra Events, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
The crisis generated by the government's refusal to hear the position of the people of Cocachacra reached his breaking point, when the settlers led by their municipal authorities and leaders of grassroots organizations, did not accept the imposition of interest in Southern Peru Copper Corporation in collusion with bureaucrats who want to APRA as soon as possible "legitimate" operation mining, that is "close the faenón", despite having shown that under these conditions and the ecological damage would be irreversible agricultural world. Doing something
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Mining Project SPCC Tia Maria, a mining operation and processing of copper oxide ore located in the district Cocachacra, province of Islay, Arequipa region. The project consists of two stages, open pit exploitation, for both stages and reach the operational level of 100.000 tons / day of copper ore and other lesser extent in 18 years of operations. This period will require the extraction of ground water at a rate of 240 mps (meters per second) in different wells installed in Chucarapi and other places located in the Valle de Tambo. This level of extraction of groundwater will lead to an imbalance of agriculture, which is the source of life for all people.
The mining companies, having failed to demonstrate the goodness of your project, as it became customary to turn this government to use force in response to the call of Defense Front Cocachacra a preventive arrest of 24 hours. What is happening makes us understand that in high places came to agreements under the table and apparently now they are out do not care what might happen. Facts
Since last Sunday began the movement of units from the PNP, DOES, Arequipa, specializing in riot control and PNP units arrived from Lima, DINOES at about 500. Strong
quotas were taking positions at strategic places, such as controlled access to the bridge Fiscal Cocachacra on the road to Moquegua and the road leading to Mollendo.
Today Wednesday apparently following orders PNP Lima travel restriction imposed by the access roads to Cocachacra, faced with this situation the Mayor of Dean Valdivia, one of the affected districts Ale Lord Richard Cruz and the leader of the front defense of the peoples of Cocachacra-Islay, Pepe Julio Gutierrez claimed this arbitrary, being rejected with gases, villagers protesting reacted to this aggression, answering the PNP with the indiscriminate use initially shot, then with weapons AKM, causing 14 casualties confirmed to serve in the post of Cocachacra and would two people that the PNP apparently evacuated to Arequipa.
The municipal authorities and officials were in contact with the press at noon to report this information, prompting the PNP impeded the movement of all citizens and established a curfew.
leaders and authorities decreed that the 24-hour strike on Wednesday to become indefinite, determination the people and their authorities is to enforce their livelihood and their children.
The absence of this social imbalance, with a government that is out and that he had the ability to present even a presidential candidate, and does not care even if they have killed and wounded, as the APRA only has unbridled ambition profit .
The national media (television) in SILENCE!
cited by Tanyita Yupanqui
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