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The meeting, behind closed doors, was accompanied by a wait of an hour and a half before finally Izarra (Tourism Minister), Nicia Maldonado (head of the REDI Guiana), Ower Manrique (Deputy Minister of Mines), and John Carlos Caraballo (executive secretary of the Presidential Commission for the Protection of Mining Activities in Guyana Licita Region) declared.

The point: the meeting of the Commission Macagua directed Caraballo, after the meeting of the subcommittees created for this purpose: Activity Mining, Mining Plan, Single Record , legal Instrumentation, Popular Power, Environment, Tourism and Communication.

"It is important to sensitize our people about the environment, because it is the fifth historic goal of the Country Plan. Important tasks ahead, and next week will indicate important missions that can allow legal mining is lawful and this gold go to the Central Bank, "explained Maldonado.

The commission announced that soon will announce concrete plans. Photo Hannibal Barreto

Izarra, who preferred to delegate several of the responses to his companions, simply enter their participation, noting that "this commission allows us to build, from the ground up foundations to advance ecosocialism. Illegal mining is an activity that can not be an economical alternative when at stake the future of our country, our biodiversity and our heritage. "

Patria, biodiversity and heritage Izarra specified. And obviated another matter: human lives, hundreds of them that have been lost due to the control of the mines by armed gangs.

Are there any guarantees?

- The creation of so many mining plans denotes that have failed to control the legal mining. What guarantees that this will not fail?
- (Ower Manrique): Yes, we thought, in the midst of the presidential commission on the matter. We understand it is very complex and requires cohesion, so the president's decision to appoint this committee. We believe that with effort and cohesion we will successfully overcome the difficulties.

- There have been complaints about acute penetration of illegal mining in Cicapra, The Green Beans, El Peru and other, south of Bolivar State. Already have an eye on these areas?
- (Juan Carlos Caraballo): Indeed, the Operational Strategic Command, on instructions from our commander in chief and under the leadership of Major General Marcelino Pérez Díaz, is conducting operations across the region .

- How would the miners as to reemployment?
- (Juan Carlos Caraballo): One of the tasks is the presidential commission of a mining plan, which talks about other activities and socio regarding the order that must be in operation. There are regions and zones established as shelter areas, and engaged in illegal mining in the area and are preying on the environment, as is catching the arm of the law. Some argue the right to work, but can not talk about that right sustained towards the destruction of our environment.

- Another concern in these sectors is fuel smuggling. What's the matter?
- (Juan Carlos Caraballo): Sure. One of the major premises on which this work is based day is the revision, rectification and relaunching the Caura Plan, which is but a plan that holds the Armed Forces to minimize and control such irregularities and there fuel trafficking, weapons trafficking and white settlements rebel groups.

- With 110 million for the construction of the runway at Canaima, what happened?
- (Andrés Izarra): Um ... Winter. It's raining and had to postpone the work when it comes to summer. This morning, in fact, had a joint meeting with the Ministry of Transport to ensure this is about just stop raining. In addition we will make a terminal as part of the complementary areas.

Four plans four failures

- Plan Piar (2003) is focused on small-scale mining include economic, social, territorial, political and international axes.

- Mission Piar (2004): Its main base was the multiplication of labor in agriculture and aquaculture to insert small miners.

- Conversion mining (2006): With a starting point that was the eviction of miners Caroni Basin, the plan proposed to deal with more than six thousand of them with financial support.

- Caura (2010) Plan: It was built with the goal of evicting miners Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro. (Source: Archive Mail Caroni ) _______________________________________________________________________

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