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Message: Government bond canceled only to retired miners and Caura watershed
Government bond canceled only to retired miners and Caura watershed of the Caroni
Ciudad Bolivar, Nov 20. ABN .- In keeping with the commitment made with the artisanal miners, who voluntarily agreed to withdraw from the watershed of the Caroni and Caura rivers since 2006, the Ministry of People's Power for Basic Industry and Mining (Mibam) on Thursday canceled the first check for 10 thousand strong bolivars, supplied more than 6 thousand miners in southern Bolivar.
The event, held at the premises of the Park Leonardo Ruiz Pineda, in Ciudad Bolivar, was in charge of the holder of Mibam, Rodolfo Sanz.
He was accompanied by the commander of Military Region Guiana and head of the Theater of Operations 5 of the Armed Forces, Major General Felix Antonio Velasquez, and representatives of the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG).
During the ceremony the checks were delivered to residents in municipalities miners Heres, Sifontes and El Callao.
For this Friday will continue to pay in the town of La Paragua, where the bonds will be honored only to miners residents in municipalities Raúl Leoni and Sucre.
The minister Sanz said that this is the demonstration of compliance with the Revolutionary Government with a large group of men and women who are leaving the gold mining to convert to other productive activities, with support from the state.
'In total we are canceling commitments by the order of 60 million bolivars strong with a total of 6 thousand 072 miners and mining jobs in gold mining in the basin of the Caroni and Caura, who on grounds of environmental regulation and not can continue this activity in the area, "he said.
He added that since the year 2006 began a program to incorporate these miners in job training programs to train them in other activities other than mining, such as agriculture, tourism, construction and services.
In this regard, the minister Rodolfo Sanz also handed in this event a first disbursement of 236 million bolivars strengths corresponding to 46 approvals to service cooperatives, agricultural and tourism made up of ex-miners in the municipalities Heres and Raúl Leoni.
During the period the process of conversion work, the miners enjoyed a monthly bonus that enabled them to survive with dignity with their families, in exchange for the immediate stoppage of their tasks in gold and diamonds, the main cause of the destruction of these basins.
As of the closing process, the government pledged with them to cancel a unique bond of 10 thousand strong bolivars at the end of the process of conversion, with the commitment not to break into illegal mining in this environmentally sensitive area.
In the case of miners who did not accept change of economic activity, Mibam provided them with their relocation to areas in the pre Sifontes townships and El Callao, after fulfillment of a process of cooperative partnership and the signing of specific contracts that guarantee their faithful compliance with existing environmental regulations and other regulations.
On the other hand, the minister reiterated that the Mibam Sanz examine several cases of miners recorded in the basins of the Caroni and Caura, which appeared on the lists for payment of this bonus only
Ciudad Bolivar, Nov 20. ABN .- In keeping with the commitment made with the artisanal miners, who voluntarily agreed to withdraw from the watershed of the Caroni and Caura rivers since 2006, the Ministry of People's Power for Basic Industry and Mining (Mibam) on Thursday canceled the first check for 10 thousand strong bolivars, supplied more than 6 thousand miners in southern Bolivar.
The event, held at the premises of the Park Leonardo Ruiz Pineda, in Ciudad Bolivar, was in charge of the holder of Mibam, Rodolfo Sanz.
He was accompanied by the commander of Military Region Guiana and head of the Theater of Operations 5 of the Armed Forces, Major General Felix Antonio Velasquez, and representatives of the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG).
During the ceremony the checks were delivered to residents in municipalities miners Heres, Sifontes and El Callao.
For this Friday will continue to pay in the town of La Paragua, where the bonds will be honored only to miners residents in municipalities Raúl Leoni and Sucre.
The minister Sanz said that this is the demonstration of compliance with the Revolutionary Government with a large group of men and women who are leaving the gold mining to convert to other productive activities, with support from the state.
'In total we are canceling commitments by the order of 60 million bolivars strong with a total of 6 thousand 072 miners and mining jobs in gold mining in the basin of the Caroni and Caura, who on grounds of environmental regulation and not can continue this activity in the area, "he said.
He added that since the year 2006 began a program to incorporate these miners in job training programs to train them in other activities other than mining, such as agriculture, tourism, construction and services.
In this regard, the minister Rodolfo Sanz also handed in this event a first disbursement of 236 million bolivars strengths corresponding to 46 approvals to service cooperatives, agricultural and tourism made up of ex-miners in the municipalities Heres and Raúl Leoni.
During the period the process of conversion work, the miners enjoyed a monthly bonus that enabled them to survive with dignity with their families, in exchange for the immediate stoppage of their tasks in gold and diamonds, the main cause of the destruction of these basins.
As of the closing process, the government pledged with them to cancel a unique bond of 10 thousand strong bolivars at the end of the process of conversion, with the commitment not to break into illegal mining in this environmentally sensitive area.
In the case of miners who did not accept change of economic activity, Mibam provided them with their relocation to areas in the pre Sifontes townships and El Callao, after fulfillment of a process of cooperative partnership and the signing of specific contracts that guarantee their faithful compliance with existing environmental regulations and other regulations.
On the other hand, the minister reiterated that the Mibam Sanz examine several cases of miners recorded in the basins of the Caroni and Caura, which appeared on the lists for payment of this bonus only
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