Afro and indigenous communities require compliance with previously agreed agreements and the presence of the national government.
For more than five days, nearly 400 people of Afro and indigenous communities They keep closed The section of the Pan -American via that communicates to the departments of Risaralda and Chocó, at the height of the Cinto bridge in the corregimiento of Santa Cecilia, Municipality of Pueblo Rico.
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The closure was initiated the September 17 for the Afro community and recently They added indigenous people of guards such as the Gitó, who claim to National Government compliance with acquired commitments during previous mingas.
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According to the protesters, Neither Invid nor the Interior Ministry They have presented themselves in the place to respond to their demands, which The protesters They consider urgent and fundamental.
Víctor Miguel Moreno, Afro leader of the region, denounced that they have not yet received the Act of a meeting carried out in June in Pereira, nor have concrete actions be taken to remedy damage caused by road works that, allege, have affected Housing of the territory.
Given this situation, protesters have announced that The blockade It will remain until there is a formal response And written, and that acquired commitments They are effectively fulfilled.
This fact has generated that Tension grow As transporters, trapped In the middle of the road closure, They begin to press, every time With more euphoria, To allow them to pass.
And let’s remember that The guild has warned that, with the forced diversion of routes, which in some cases requires even having to mobilize to Antioquia, costs increase Logistics and travel time In hours, so economic losses They are estimated between a thousand and one thousand five hundred million pesos daily.
Walter Arango, conveyor leader, made an urgent call to Unemployment organizers to allow mobility, especially those people that they have nothing to do With protests, such as travelers, merchants and who transport products perishable
This block is added to a series of registered road closures So far this year in the Pan -American via between Risaralda and Chocó, motivated by similar claims of ethnic communities that They denounce breaches of the State in the field of infrastructure, road repair, housing, territorial rights and Execution of minutes agreed in previous meetings. The lack of effective dialogue and the visible absence of Government representatives They are still greater complaints of communities in the area.
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For now, while Afro and indigenous community Wait written answers and real commitment, The effects feel strongly due to economic losses, social wear and growing outrage that threatens new confrontations if the Authority does not intervene soon. The solution depends not just promises, but of tangible actions that They repair the damage and restore the mobility of a path that is vital for the region.
Source: Integrated information system
