Claritas claims the right to work in the mine
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Community leaders say that people born in the mine and has always lived in the mine so far that have paralyzed the gold project.

Isidro Casanova


At the heart of Las Claritas, is the statue of Las Claritas minero.Si, now converted into the parish capital of San Isidro, was born in the heat of the mine, no one can take away the right we have to continue living from this activity, Aquino claimed Loaiza, vice president of the parish board and mining of all time. -Las Claritas and other peoples that have been founded in this parish, lie large deposits of gold, and during its history, people have lived in the mine, until now when there is an almost total paralysis of the two major projects such as Las Cristinas and Brisas del Cuyuni, who did not receive permission to start. While this happens, he says, the inhabitants live in poverty.


50 years of life gold

Remember that the people of Las Claritas began to rely on an independent and disorderly, to 1965, when it began the exploitation of gold, which to date had a very low price 10 bolivars gram, compared with the price now that exceeds 150 thousand bolivares.

Where to 1975, Grossi Amalfi, an Italian now deceased, took the lot of Las Cristinas mine, the town had a final push. Born on 88 km, Santo Domingo and Las Claritas Adentro, where the heart of Las Cristinas. After birth many neighborhoods and hamlets.

According to some statistics, the San Isidro Parish, capital Las Claritas, Sifontes municipality, southern Bolívar state, has about 10 thousand inhabitants and is running a promotion to achieve autonomy. Aspire to turn the parish in their respective autonomous municipality mayor.

Problems of projects

Spokesmen have said that environmental permits have not come at this time and that these industries can not boot. The companies have submitted alternative proposals and their environmental or so, the permits are granted.

The State assumes the projects

As it is currently in a process of nationalization of industries, it has been reported that Las Cristinas and Brisas but may be torn in the hands of the Venezuelan State. Mibam these sites would be borne by the National Mining Company. In this regard, leaders of Las Claritas agree that regardless of the company, the projects should start.

Indians also support

Capitanes indigenous Gilberto Aguirre, Pasiano Elliman and others have called for the start of those projects. Same proposal maintains the merchant Luis Romero, who also indicated that the economic future of the peoples of this area depend on the start of Las Cristinas, and Breezes Ruscaolín.


Start-up mining projects

On trips usually performed by people of San Isidro, we encounter the popular outcry that they should start the two gold projects and one kaolin.

The start of Las Cristinas, in its construction phase of pithead, employ over 3,000 people and a similar amount spent on the Brisas project Cuyuni while booting final Ruscaolín, that site is at kilometer 88, used about 1,500 workers. The three projects would begin using more than 7 thousand employees, making this parish would be consolidated. The above companies have said that after the construction of the plant and started production period is a fixed roster of workers and the movement that will generate more than enough to set many other industries and businesses, causing also the establishment of new housing.