As part of the state of emergency due to the protests against the mining The BambasYesterday, the government deployed in Challhuahuacho (Apurímac) a greater number of police and military personnel, in addition to armored vehicles. This measure has been taken by the comuneros as a new provocation of the Executive Power.
There are a total of six hundred people, including police and military, who arrived in Challhuahuacho, according to the Observatory of Mining Conflicts.
In a telephone conversation, the president of the Fuerabamba community, Edison Vargas Huillca, considered this deployment of security personnel as a provocation by Prime Minister Aníbal Torres, instead of presenting alternative solutions to their demands.
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The leader did not rule out that the increase in security is related to the attempt to restart operations at the Las Bambas mining company, which he also considered would be a provocation towards the six communities that abide by the forceful measures.
Referring to the recent visit of Prime Minister Hannibal TorresEdison Vargas questioned the lack of political will to channel the dialogue. “They have treated us like politicians,” he lamented.
In your opinion, The Minister of Energy and Mines, Carlos Palacios, is the one who must travel to Challhuahuacho to directly address the conflict which is already over a month long.
Security. State of emergency remains in Apurimac.
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Referring to the reasons for the protest, the leader stressed that the Las Bambas mining company has failed to comply with a series of assumed commitments. He also referred to the demand of the communities for the replacement of 180 hectares of their land, in addition to the physical and legal sanitation of the communal properties.
dialogue of the deaf
Yesterday the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) sent an official letter to the presidents of the six communities that abide by the paralysis, reiterating the approach of Prime Minister Aníbal Torres to suspend the force measures and, in parallel, the government would lift the state of emergency in Apurímac.
The PCM proposes to immediately install a dialogue table between the State, the communities and the Las Bambas company, in order to reach agreements within a period of 15 days.
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The document was sent to Edison Vargas Huillca (Fuerabamba), David Huillca Puma (Chuicuni), Walther Melón Quispe (Choaquere), Edgar Lima Huamanchoque (Chila), Romualdo Ochoa Aysa (Huancuire) and Zenón Panuira Morales (Pumamarca).
The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez, denied that the government had kicked the board in his recent visit to Apurímac.
“The proposal has been clear and the premier has made it official at the request of the community members in a document that is already in the public domain: The government lifts the state of emergency simultaneously with the communities’ commitment to social peace with the reestablishment of all economic activity in the entire district, immediately establishing a dialogue table,” he declared.
Changes. Aníbal Torres is questioned for the mismanagement of social conflicts.
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In other words, at the moment there is a clear entrapment between the communities and the government. Nobody wants to give in.
The president of the Fuerabamba community, Edison Vargas insisted yesterday that the government must first lift the state of emergency in order to resume dialogue.
Approaches
In the middle of the week, the Ombudsman issued a statement pointing out that the conflict has already been going on for a month “and due diligence is not observed in the organization of an orderly and transparent dialogue process in which the identified problems are dealt with effectively” .
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The defense entity also warns that the measures that the communities have been adopting do not favor the process of dialogue and legality.
In relation to the government’s performance, the Ombudsman proposes that the PCM and the Ministry of Energy and Mines present “the results of their follow-up work on the agreements between the Las Bambas mining company, the State” and the peasant communities. Something final that this entity proposes is the resumption of a serious dialogue.
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Ombudsman registers 209 conflicts
The Ombudsman’s Office (DP) reported a total of 209 social conflicts in its report for the month of April. There are four cases that are new.
In Amazonas, social organizations demand that the government develop an investment agenda for the province of Condorcanqui.
In Pasco, in the community of Chinchán, citizens demand attention for the damage caused by the overflow of a canal. In San Martín, there was a protest over sanitation issues. And in Junín there is a border conflict between the peasant communities of Cochas and San Francisco de Macón.
