The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, José Luis Silva Martinot, a notarized letter sent to regional president of Cajamarca, Gregorio Santos, in response to this he sent a few days ago stating that it had made ??"false statements, insulting, defamatory and intimidation "in a TV program.
In the recent letter, the minister stated that Santos challenged statements "are justified in the truth." "In no time I referred to the region and less to the extraordinary people as terrorists Cajamarca. I reiterate that all my comments are related to the gross mismanagement that you made ??during his tenure, "he said.
In that sense, it was confirmed that the management of Santos has been extremely negative for the economy Cajamarca, "comparable only to the dire consequences of the Shining Path".
"The drop in production, tourism, private investment, education, health and employment do but ratify the enormous damage caused to the population that will delayed its development," he added. (bottom lines reproduce every single detail that questioned the Minister ) *
He expressed his admiration and respect for the people of Cajamarca, "that despite the difficult circumstances goes on." "That is why I called him to set aside his attitude and become a promoter actual development of Cajamarca," he said.
Silva Martinot said that their criticisms are based on the evaluation of the following indicators:
INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Sendero Luminoso in nearly two decades, caused losses to Peru for approximately U.S. $ 30,000 million. You, in just two years in the Regional Presidency has prevented investment of about U.S. $ 6,000 million only in Cajamarca. 2. During the year 2011, the Regional Government of Cajamarca has not a single kilometer paved road department.
POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
3. Whilst throughout Peru poverty declined 5 percentage points in the period 2010-2012, from 30.8% to 25.8%, in Cajamarca during his tenure the poverty rate did not improve and the rest the country, therefore, Cajamarca has become the second poorest region and the trend continues it looks like it will soon be the poorest in the country. 4. Nationally, employment increased 1.9% in 2012 while due to their employment in Cajamarca management decreased 9.6%, which represented a loss of 77 thousand jobs. 5. Whilst national average percentage of households with access to electricity by public network is of 89.7%, Cajamarca is the region with less access, with only 69% of households with coverage. Unfortunately, in Cajamarca even more than half of households use firewood as fuel for cooking.
EDUCATION
June. You, being an educator and thereby having a greater commitment to the education of our young people, has encouraged marches where teachers and students have participated, forgetting their obligation to promote education in the region. 7. The national average is 10 years of study, while in Cajamarca is only 8.2 years. Cajamarca is one of the highest illiteracy rates in the country, double the national average.
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
August. chronic malnutrition rate among children under five years in Peru is 13.5%, while 28.6% Cajamarca with twice the national average, ranking second lowest among all regions.
PRODUCTION
9. You said that Cajamarca is an agricultural and mining region. However, in the period January-October 2012 (compared to 2011), the production of several of its major agricultural products decreased. 10. Cassava production decreased by 9%, 8% coffee, 11% of corn , avocado in 9%, 34% papaya, passion fruit in 9% and 45% tuna, among other agricultural products. The pig livestock production decreased by 4% and beef by 5%. 11. In 2011, Peru's GDP grew 6.9%. Performance Cajamarca had four points below the national average.
TOURISM
12. Peru is one of the fastest growing countries in tourism in the world, evolving three times the world average in inbound tourism. While foreign tourist arrivals to Peru grows by 10%, Cajamarca has a decrease in foreign stays in hotels of 28%. 13. In 2012, the arrival of visitors to the sights of the region decreased 29%.
CANON E INVESTMENT MINING
14. Cajamarca in 2012 has had royalty income of S /. 110 million. These revenues would be reduced to S /. 30 million by 2016 if they simply responsible mining investments. Only Conga canon generate S / 170 million annually.