Kañaris Majority supports....Cañariaco Kañaris Majority supports private investment and Cañariaco
Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:48
Anti-mining leaders say Achieved They support only through coercion and threats.
Kañaris district is investing in the development and Implementation Receives Cañariaco mining project benefits, Julca Palomino said Elias, president of the Association of Coffee Growers of the Rural Community of St. John Baptist of Kañaris.
In an interview with the program "La Hora N" That said currently, the mining company Candente Copper is giving jobs to the community of rotary Kañaris, rotating up to 600 per month working places, Which means daily earnings for each worker to 50 soles , well above the average income I received for work in the field.
"There are 600 workers who rotate monthly, and Most Importantly, our fellow community members and do not migrate to other Departments to work. We pay 50 soles a day, and Usually a farmer earns from 12 to 15 soles a day," I said .
He Also Said That the support of the mining company has allowed us to Implement a draft Kañaris coffee growing, and has managed to export to the Canadian market up to 108 pounds of that product, something the leader as an achievement for the community.
Palomino said in Kañaris leaders have only eats from Cajamarca who seek to pressure the villagers and force them to take part in Demonstrations against the project of Cañariaco. "The community of Kañaris who Oppose the project do not do it by conviction, but Because They are required," I said.
"The villagers are Threatened with being passed by 'string ronderil' If They do not support the strike. 'Re Forcing women and children to go to unemployment.
Authorities Should take up the matter in Kañaris obliging villagers not possible to go against Their will and commit crimes, "I added.
The leader lamented That mining use violence and coercion Opponents to stop looking for the mining project, and any dispute Said That Should be resolved through dialogue. Questioned Kañaris leaders who follow the dictates of the newcomers of Cajamarca, Jaen or Cutervo, Which it considers respond to other purposes.
"We tell the state we want development. 'Re Not violent people, we want peace in Kañaris, and That the State Should explain the benefits of the project. And Those People who incite violence asked them to stop, the innocent people are being forced to commit crimes, "I Concluded.