Government and farmers reach second agreement in less than 24 hours to lift the strike

Since 1 in the afternoon of this Saturday, October 26, peasants who were blocking the Cúcuta-Bucaramanga highway lifted the strike and allowed the transit of vehicles, after seven peasant communities and the Government reached a new agreement, the second in less than 24 hours, to end the protests of miners and farmers that began this week in some parts of the country.

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The agreement, which was signed by the Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristo; the Vice Minister of the Environment, Tatiana Roa, and the Vice Minister of Agriculture, Polivio Rosales; together with spokespersons and farmers of the ‘United for Santurbán Association’, collects the list of requests presented by the peasant communities of Norte de Santander.

Among the most important agreements is the commitment to comply with Sentence T-361 of 2017, which establishes that, for the delimitation of the Santubán moor, the inputs and the proposal prepared by the farmers and Corponor must be taken into account. . This proposal, under a farm-by-farm model, is called: “Santurbán, with people protected to conserve.”

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In addition, cases susceptible to titling or formalizing private property in the paramo area will be studied and analyzed and an economic table will be installed to prepare and manage a bill that will allow raising resources for the paramos.

In addition, The possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding was projected to consolidate an investment plan for the protection of the Santurbán moor and the improvement of agricultural activity..

Humberto Camacho, director of Corponor, pointed out that the document signed this Saturday includes the installation of legal, technical, land and economic tables.

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“The corporation reiterates its position of working in conjunction with the farmers, with whom there is an earned trust that allows synergies to be generated in favor of conservation and their permanence in the territory. “We are guarantors of the process with the Government and in alliance, we seek solutions hand in hand with the National Government and the respective articulation with the National Development Plan,” said.

In total, there are 17 points established in the final agreement. The last one indicates the formation of a committee to monitor the commitments, which will be made up of six community leaders, a mayor of the territory, a representative of the public ministry and a representative of MinAmbiente, MinAgricultura and Corponor.

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