In the midst of the serious environmental emergency in currents Due to the forest fires, Governor Gustavo Valdés announced a new measure to favor the affected producers.
According to the president, the producers of the province that have been affected by the flames and the drought, will be exempt from paying taxes during this year in currents.
Likewise, the governor stated on his Twitter account that the measure will cover “owners with rural properties of less than 2,000 hectares, within the framework of Igneous and Agricultural Emergencies” on currents.
This with the aim of favoring businessmen in the midst of the difficulties that the province is going through, because despite the efforts of the authorities, the fires continue to spread rapidly.
It should be remembered that both the central government and 11 other provinces have sent aid to the territory to try to appease the fire, which has already consumed some 800,000 hectares.
In addition to the help offered by the provincial government, the Ministers of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, and of Agriculture, Julián Domínguez, allocated $500 million in aid for producers.
Minister Juan Cabandié was criminally denounced for the fires in Corrientes
Three lawyers criminally denounced the Minister of the Environment, Juan Cabandié for not listening to the requests of currents to mitigate the environmental emergency.
According to the complaint, the president would have violated articles 188 and 248 of the Penal Code and for which prison sentences of up to 6 years are established.
This since the minister had not responded to the request for 4 hydrant planes by the Minister of Production of Corrientes, Claudio Anselmo, in February of last year.
These requests were reiterated in mid-January of this year, when the fire emergency began, despite this, the Minister of the Environment assures that the requests for the province They only arrived until February.