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a similar request was made (June 2007) by the City Council of Vallenar and in July the same year by the City Council of Alto del Carmen, which were rejected by the Directorate General of Water. | The new application is based on recent history showing that only 2007, totaling over one third of the territory of the municipality of Alto del Carmen has been the subject of concessions for exploration and exploitation mining, pending or already established. |
| Mining is the main consumer of water in the valley (including the Pascua Lama project to Barrick Gold and others), and the expansion of mining projects in the area warn of a catastrophe unless today decreed Huasco Valley as an area for further exploration ban and / or holdings of water rights, be they permanent or temporary. currently Huasco River basin has an availability of 126.4 liters. / Sec. of which 100, 4 lts. / Sec. are pending requests that were made by the Committees of Rural Water Huasco province (districts of Alto del Carmen, Freiría Vallenar and Huasco), ie small farmers in the area.
therefore requesting the DGA that "will give the 100.4 lts. / sec. requested through the 6 th transition (Water Code) for Rural Drinking Water Committees in the province of Huasco, "the 25 lts. / sec. others are given to municipalities to have them as strategic stocks to new needs, "and finally" the Huasco Valley Basin be declared prohibited area for further exploration and / or holdings of water rights, be they permanent or temporary ", so ensure the sustainability of the basin. This issue is particularly sensitive, given the current situation in neighboring basin of Copiapo, a victim of reserves projected water consumption only until 2012 (La Tercera May 4, 2008) .
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Huasco NO pollution-free! The Olca (Latin American Observatory for Environmental Conflicts) created an electronic newsletter that updates the information of what happens around Pascua Lama. Is in English and English, as also is directed to the Canadian community. Here is the first ...
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| Construction of the Pascua Lama mine straddles the border between Chile and Argentina was scheduled to begin two years ago. But the lucrative project remains on hold while a dispute continues between Chile and Argentina for the payment of taxes. The Chileans seek the lion 'in taxation, arguing that 80% of the mineral is found in its territory. Argentina is pushing for an even split. A proposal from the Chilean government in June which sought to break the impasse, was rejected in Buenos Aires. Mining Minister responsible Chile to Argentina to endanger the project by requiring the company an unreasonable tax burden. (* There add that a few days ago was rejected by the Chilean government sent a counterproposal by the Argentine government about the tax issue)
Barrick Rumors indicate that conflict will evade taxes calculated by a redesign project, so that operations are restricted to the Chilean territory. In recent days the Chilean authorities have expressed a clear commitment to the project and expressed interest in exploring new options for its development. |
Pascua Lama is the first project proposed to be developed under a single bilateral mining treaty, which facilitates the development of mining on the border between Chile and Argentina.
The current conflict is not a good omen for the long list of projects waiting to be developed in the territory of the treaty.
http://www.economiaynegocios. cl / news / noticias.asp? Id = 51350
http://www.latercera.cl/ contenido/26_41050_9.shtml
http://www.editorialrn.com.ar / index.php? option = com_content & task = view & id = 933 & Itemid = 39
Barrick lacks environmental permits
The OLCA requirement to the National the Environment (CONAMA) to the region of Atacama, confirmed that a number of environmental permits required to develop Pascua Lama has not yet been solicited by the company. Permits are required prior to project construction.
http://www.olca.cl/oca/chile/ region03/pascualama /
http://www.olca.cl/oca/chile/ region03/pascualama334.htm
Catholic Bishop questions environmental approval
Quintana Bishop of the Diocese of Copiapo, Chile calls on the government to review the approval ensuring environmental Pascua Lama project. August 5, 1940 The religious leaders marched through Copiapo, the capital of the Atacama region.
The nuns and priests began their protest on the banks of the Copiapo River, which was recently dried and still stay dry.
Local people who seek to protect scarce water resources in this desert region, opposes the controversial project. Bishop Quintana said that projects like Pascua Lama should not be approved unless it can demonstrate that it will affect the environment. called on companies and the Chilean government to protect the environment, both for current generations and future.
Carmen Alto residents begin blocking
Since 18 August, Huasco Valley residents blocked traffic on the road leading to the Pascua Lama project area.
Local residents say the road was built on private land without permission or through expropriation.
Road damaged irrigation canals, which are essential for the local agricultural economy. According to the information delivered by a local newspaper, six residents are on hunger strike. http://www.olca.cl/oca/chile/ region03/pascualama339.htm
Project
Rumours abound that Barrick will bypass the protracted tax conflict by redesigning the project so that its operations are restricted to Chilean territory. In recent days Chilean authorities have expressed a clear commitment to the project and have expressed interest in exploring new options for its development.
According to media reports, the Governor of San Juan, the Argentinean province where part of the Pascua Lama deposit is located, recently met with high-ranking company officials. Meeting participants confirmed that the company plans to sever the Argentinean component, which reportedly infuriated the governor. According to government officials in San Juan, the project is in the final stages of approval at the provincial level.
http://www.economiaynegocios.
cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id= 51350
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contenido/26_41050_9.shtml
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http://www.editorialrn.com.ar/
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Moreover, should the company opt to remove Argentina from the project, additional Chilean approvals will be required. Among other modifications, Barrick would shift the location of tailings containment facilities to the Chilean side of the border, which would reportedly require the approval of an environmental impact assessment.
(English) http://www.olca.cl/oca/chile/ region03/pascualama334.htm
(English)
Catholic Bishop questions environmental approval
http://www.olca.cl/oca/chile/ region03/pascualama333.htm
Alto de Carmen residents initiate blockade
Beginning August 18, residents of the Huasco Valley have blocked traffic on the road to the Pascua Lama project area. Local residents assert that the road was constructed on private land without authorization or through expropriation. They claim that road construction damaged irrigation canals essential to the local agricultural economy. According to a newspaper report, six residents are on a hunger strike.
http://www.olca.cl/oca/chile/
region03/pascualama339.htm
The idea is that the compilation CD has a variety of rhythms and polyphonic sounds to give example of how the cultural resistance and struggle that comes when life is threatened communities. So, rock, punk, Andean folk, ranchera, cumbia, Rega, pop, ballad or what they wish, on this CD is welcome. The important thing is the resistance, because "the song will always be brave new song '. In order to participate should send their aguayvalle@gmail.com topic or to semillasdeagua@gmail.com with song name, the group and its participants, and attach the file. Delivery is from Sunday August 31 until Tuesday September 30th 23:59 hrs. After that date, will give way to the themes selected by a jury specially created for the occasion and later held the post of the disk that we expect to launch shortly. We hope your song. Coordinator convenes against Pascua Lama - Santiago
Given the current educational issues, particularly regarding the controversial General Education Law (LGE) and its implications, we consider it necessary to express our positions on these issues, as people concerned about our natural and social environment. Emphatically reject
General Law of Education in its entirety since it does not solve the structural problems of injustice, discrimination and poor quality found in Chilean
also condemned all forms of repression, imprisonment and violence carried out by the Government through the use of public force. Paradoxically the public against the public: Carabineros de Chile suppress the student movement and everyone who expresses freely against educational policies towards privatization and of genuine quality public education for all for all, surrounded by a rule of law and free expression. That is, you go to prison which states that the State must guarantee the right to education over the right to profit.
the undersigned, declare the backing and support closer to the student movement in this long and difficult struggle for a fair public education and quality. We need to understand, at the same time, the close link between environment and education, as a fair and quality education is a fundamental pillar for the formation of an ecologically sustainable society and democratic. We also want to share the forms of resistance and protests from students, are the same type as those of the communities affected by the plunder and pollution of their common property, sources of life, by national and transnational companies. The struggles are the same. All these educational and environmental conflicts, have a common root: the neoliberal capitalist system and its 'watchdog', the current political system which, as we saw in one of his last expressions, adopted aberrations as the LGE
. Forcourse, these systems are based on institutions and persons known to a large extent are complicit and responsible for these injustices. Example of this is the implementation of an educational program (mainly technological) in two schools Huasco Valley, with funding from the transnational Barrick Gold, owner of the binational project Pascua Lama, together with Intel and
Cisneros Foundation, the which demonstrates to us the current state policy, which ignores their educational problems and left to a company like Barrick ecocide and genocide in one of the many signs of consciousness buying seen in the same valley and all over Chile. The structural problems in public education are not solved with crumbs of technology, but with a strengthening of the public and fair.
Coordinator No to Pascua Lama - Santiago
Huasco Valley
Colectivo de Acción por los Derechos Ambientales
Corporación Tierra Nuestra
Lideresas por el Desarrollo Sustentable.
para el Desarrollo Humano
Centro de las culturas
Agrupación de vecinos del Barrio Yungay
Latin American Observatory for Environmental Conflicts (OLCA)
No Pascua-Lama è Montreal, Canada
Strategy Against Barrick Gold, mega owner of Pascua Lama, to advertise for all the mass media to begin operations in September, the Huasco Valley community in the region of Atacama, walked colorful to say 'yes water, gold no' on Saturday 14 June. This long day began with a cicletada from Alto del Carmen in which six young men belonging to the group of Vallenar Jeo traveled 40 kilometers on their bikes decorated with white and green flags. Then came the 5 th March for Life and the water would be passed down the central streets of Vallenar. The activities ended with a cultural arts event in the main square of the city past the 22 hrs. Are all of them, which have continued to defend with all their might their territory and who have not allowed for eight years that Barrick is installed in the high mountains.
These marches have become an important forum for convening and meeting of the resistance to this outrage and born of the desire of the local community organized to oppose openly binational mining project Pascua Lama. This June 14th was characterized by the massive turnout of young people in the streets and demand the right to build a more fraternal and more sustainable. This version also included the membership of trade union organizations have also endorsed this conflict as the Central Unica de Trabajadores regional and provincial levels. As every year were present with all his energy and conviction the Confederation of Religious (Conferre), the Defense Council Huasco Valley, the Pascua Lama Coordinator against Huasco Valley and James, The Agricultural Community The Huascoaltinos, The Pastoral Integrity of Creation, The Atacama Ecological Group Clean, Collective Geo Vallenar, Construction Union, Social and Cultural Organizations Huasco Freiría, La Serena and Copiapo, the Parish Pastoral Cruz de Mayo, Collective Rexistencia, the Citizens Movement No Pascua Lama, the Latin American Centre for Conflict Environmental (OLCA), and others who marched with banners and placards.
Those who only came to look at what people did with respect to explicit their position in public space. Many bought the new issue of the newsletter "Aguasi" which was sold as a way of raising initiatives that allow us to be aware of what is happening here. Avenida Brasil in the bus drivers honked their horns in solidarity with the demonstration. 
No doubt this activity served to strengthen ties and continue with more encouragement. It fully met the objective to call many people despite the deployment of advertising undertaken by the mining company in each of the localities. As I said the radio call: "The valley has it clarita Huasco" and stepped forward to defend his life and water.
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health food, Trueke Fair, Circus, documentaries and Latin American music with a conscience in Vivo. 
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