On August 1, the community members of Carmen Alto, located in the district of Challhuahuacho, province of Cotabambas, Apurímac region, began an indefinite strike, whose main request is the return of the land that the mining company Las Bambas bought and paid for. still 2011.
The residents of this community took the initiative to claim after holding a communal assembly, in which they erected a ‘fighting platform’ in which they claim to feel cheated and cheated by Las Bambas.
“This protest measure is due to the constant abuses of the mining company and the breach of commitments after dispossessing us of our communal territories,” points out the document, which first asks “the immediate return of the land dispossessed by the mining company Las Bambas”.
As a second point, they ask for the review, update and fulfillment of social commitments that the mining company assumed with the residents of Carmen Alto.
They also demand the mitigation of the environmental impact that they ensure, mining has produced in the areas of influenceas well as the installation of a dialogue table between the authorities and community leaders with the representatives of Las Bambas.
FACT:
– Currently there is a climate of conflict in the area, where the communities of Fuerabamba, Chila, Choaquere, Chuicuni, Pumamarca and Huancuire are in protest waiting for a new meeting with representatives of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Las Bambas
