Nelly Smuggling, representative of miners of the Manteco, assured that they obtained will be received by the Atmosphere Minister, Alexander Hitcher Marvaldi, 1º of September

• Gabriela Simosa
• Photos: Caesar Mendoza

A representative group of 300 miners affected by the Caura Plan and the reconversion bet itself to the doors of soothes of the Ministry of the Atmosphere in the Liberating avenue to protest before the refusal to grant the permissions required to operate the artisan mining in 5 propose areas by the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining. They demand a direct conversation with the Minister of the Atmosphere, Alexander Hitcher Marvaldi so that it gives the reasons them of this refusal and of trying to persuade it, the Mibam considers that these 5 areas can be worked for the small mining. Nelly Smuggling, representative of miners of the Manteco explained that they made a pacific and symbolic taking of the Ministry of the Atmosphere, before the attitude of the holder of this portfolio to give the approval to the affectation permissions and to renew already granted.

“We are here for doing a call to him to the President of the Republic, we asked to him intervenes in the affair”, said.

They described to Hitcher like contrarrevolucionario because it is playing with the dignity, hunger of the miner and the education of its children, we today decreed “it like person does not burnish in the state Bolivar, for being the main enemy of the mining sector, although we needed attention”.

They thanked for the Minister of the Mibam, Jose Khan and to Laura Walls, Commissioner of Mines by the effort that are making to offer an alternative to them of worthy life to the miners.

Also the mining leader was present and candidate to the national assembly by the circuit 3, Abel Perroni, that requested the cease of the bureaucracy in the Atmosphere Ministry, asks that they give an answer them to the alternative raised by Mibam because they were lazy in the street with the beginning of the Caura Plan.

“A new scholastic period Already comes and our children do not hope, deserve a worthy education; we are not scared to him to the work”.

They warned that they would not retire of the place until obtaining an answer for an encounter with the Minister of the Atmosphere, declared that they are open to the dialogue. It affirmed that the Caura Plan left 30 thousand unemployed direct ones outside the indirect ones and there are no work sources, which are being needed. They were waiting for to a group of these men and women who come from Ikabarú and Gran Savannah that enlarged the group.

On the other hand, Alfredo Villanueva, spokesman of the miners indicated its total support to the pacific taking because they asked for the regional director to him, Mily Hernandez receives who them before Friday of this week and she explains his contrast to them to the principle of social justice with the mining sector.

“In Supamo Parapapoi they do not want to renew the permissions, in spite of the efforts of the Mibam and the Ministry of the Atmosphere denies the affectation permissions, we do not understand this attitude”.

After the noon, the regional director informed to them to the miners who the Minister would receive to 15 representatives 1º of September in his office in the capital, indicated Villanueva.