The miners of the municipality Raul Leoni are tired of the unfulfilled promises and, this Monday, untied their fury with one ignited protest in the bolivarense capital. The group kidnapped several buses, burned rubbers, closed routes and noticed that if the Government does not cancel the humanitarian aid to them it “they punish” next the 23 of November. More than six thousands “affected” by the call mining reconversion assured that in agreement with the decided thing this Monday was hoped outside that when cash became these payments.

*Los demonstrators kidnapped to 10 units of public transport and a bus of CVG Venalum to press to the authorities.

*El group retained the vice-president of the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG), Alfredo Arcila, that appeared in the site to mediate.

Carolina Maffia
Photo Arming Rivas

And it is that in agreement with the indicated thing by some of these workers of the mining this Monday was hoped outside that when cash became these payments. Nevertheless, for some reasons it was communicated to them that it would not be but until the next Thursday when that commitment to the 11:00 in the Leonardo Park would be honored in the morning Ruiz Pineda.

Juan Red Manuel, one of the affected ones, became spokesman of the displeasure of the miners who threatened punishing to the government with their vote 23N, even though many carried flannels and caps of the PSUV.

He limited to be tired of so many “ridicules” and deceits” of the government, especially of minister Rodolfo Sanz.

Also, he remembered that per years the state Bolivar has been a zone dedicated to the activity mining par excellence, now, tries itself - of the night to the morning to change that reality.

“We do not want more deceits, we want payments already”, sentenced Red, in the middle of hundreds of miners who corearon their Liberating exigencies in the heat of reconciled, in front of the offices of the Ministry of Basic Industries and Minings (Mibam).

A conciliator
The demonstrators, in the middle of the protest of Pacific character, decided to kidnap to 10 units of the collective public transport and a bus pertaining to company CVG Venalum, which threatened setting afire them.

The vice-president of the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG), Alfredo Arcila, ratified the commitment of the holder of Mibam to fulfill his word and indicated that it will be Thursday when the payments are given.

“We what we are asking to them are two days”, said Arcila, that asked for time to organize the delivery of the resources and to come the next Thursday the cancellation.

The civil servant, who tried to conciliate with the demonstrators, was kidnapped supposedly in soothes of the Mibam in the capital from hours of the noon. Still to the 3:00 afternoon the mining manifestation stayed.

Alexander Muñoz, another one of the spokesmen, added that they will stay still on of fight, demanding stops before Thursday the payments, then, assured that any guarantee of cancellation does not exist for when the Plan Republic goes out by the regional elections of the 23 of November.

The miners clarified that he was a protest by his “right one straight”, denying that manifestation had political and electorero dye, with regard to the little days of the regional elections.

Governor accuses Velasquez

The governor of the state, Francisco Rangel Go'mez, through a radial transmitter, reiterated the payment to the miners for the next Thursday, and Friday in the Paragua.

Also, he blamed the candidate of the opposition the Interior, Andres Velasquez, and to the aspiring to mayor in Sifontes, Carlos Chancellor, to be behind these protests.

Rangel Go'mez was emphatic in indicating that it is tried to confuse the colectivity when it is to few days of an electoral process, and made responsible to competing sectors to incite and to manipulate the miners.