It starts to take the heat situation in the Indian high Caura
Tuesday, 04 March 2008
Diirigente Social maripeño argues that the area should be kept high caura the struggle for environmental defense, allowing only artisanal mining and humanitarian treatment to ethnic groups that inhabit the place

Misael Briceño
Photo Williams Coraspe

 

 

Julio Cesar Abreu, social leader and driver of the program "The Indigenous Voice" of the radio station FM 98.5 in Maripa, responding remarks of the Federation of Indigenous Bolivar State and the NGO Cuyujani , said during a visit to El Diario de Guayana that such organizations are not permitted to make approaches to the problems of the communities are affected when the interests of their organizations especially when connected with gold and diamond. "Indigenous repudiate that leaders of this organization want to see leave the public that we are worthy of pity when they carrotes tremendous spirit in and handle dollars from the United States of America, also made millionaires are receiving from the Government through the NGO where involve all kinds of needs and then want to pretend that they are the masters claiming our rights ".

Calls intervention CLEB

Julio Cesar Abreu claims that the deputy Carlos Rojas member of the committee of the Indigenous CLEB investigate this NGO named Cuyujani who has been receiving contributions, grants, loans and do not know where this money, and cited an example: two trucks which were means of transport to serve until now but one of them was lost and the other lead charge for the fuel to the port to different ethnic groups, does not provide any benefits to Indigenous peoples but to a small group that is speaking on behalf of the people. He assured that are false leaders who have been living of indigenous peoples long time. Abreu said that nobody eats the story of the Native know no gold nor "not sell or what we discovered," what is happening in the high Caura is that these deceivers ex officio representatives of this NGO, are defending their regardless of the interests that may create conflict between the indigenous people and Creoles who live in and around the Maripa Sucre Municipality.

25 years of harassment

He explained that for over 25 years came from Amazon if not of Colombia pretending displace the true natives of the area, the Sanema, pretending to take slaves to violate human rights. He added that Abreu is willing to discuss with these "false leaders", showing that there are many hours Races that inhabit the Municipality of Sucre, Jivi, Piapoco, Cariña, Curipaco, Pemon and Yekuana and all have their representatives who are true leaders of their communities that live in them rather than in Ciudad Bolivar in an office in the District Hollow Lindo.

Environmental protection

He said the indigenous leader Julio Cesar Abreu Indigenous communities to support measures against illegal mining, but "this process must be carried forward by respecting human rights, encouraging artisanal mining, sustainable, which ensures the care of the environment of the river basin Caura River. "