Indians demand to remove two additional concessions to the Barro Blanco
A new proposal presented the Coalition in Defence of Natural Resources and People's Rights Ngäbe Bugle and Peasants in the mining roundtable. Now not only require the cancellation of the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric project, but asked the Government to cancel the award of the project Tabasará II, and Chan II (including Chan 140 and 120). Once filed, the government asked a indefinite break to discuss the request, according to Interior Minister Jorge Ricardo Fabrega, "far exceeds what is being discussed in the dialogue." And calling it a proposal "complicated." Initially, the Coordinator asked the Government to proceed to cancel or terminate the concession contract of Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project, and indemnify the company Genisa "according to the actual investment that it has made. " ASK WHAT According to the proposal, calling for Indians: "As the draft Tabasará II, we propose to the Central Government to cancel the concession of the hydroelectric project, under which you miss the period two years since the grant was awarded. " the document adds: "As for the Changuinola River Project, the National Government does not process the grant or processed in that river called Chan projects 140 and 120, which today Chan became II. And the project Chan 500 (mentioned at the beginning of the dialogue by the ASEP [Public Service Authority], but have no application) is not granted until the annexed areas are defined and new communities that were outside the area by irresponsible of successive governments since 1997 ". more tomorrow in The Press