Natives keep oil station closed in Loreto
"In addition to station 5, lots 192, 95, 67 and 8 are also up for grabs in this part of the Amazon."
Oct 22, 2021
They are still waiting for President Pedro Castillo to arrive at this station and listen to their demands
The peasant patrols with shotguns in hand and members of the native Awajun communities continue to fight and have been inside the facilities of Station 5 of the North Peruvian pipeline for 19 days.
A team from the newspaper "La Regin" arrived at this place and it had to take 2 days to arrive. In order to enter this area, you have to get to the town of Saramiriza, in the Manseriche district, Datem del Maran province, Loreto region, by river or air.
It will take about an hour to travel from this town through a bumpy road to Station 5.
The indigenous leaders have been demanding the presence of the President of the Republic Pedro Castillo in this place.
“We are here 18 days after the mobilization, therefore we urgently demand Professor Pedro Castillo, President of the Republic, Professor Elisban Ochoa, Regional President, to come to the station five of an urgent nature to be able to solve our request. All oil activities are paralyzed as long as there is no solution in all of Peru, not even a liquid oil will come out from the Amazon. We are urgently waiting for the authorities. Likewise, the struggle is institutionalized, it is not personalized, therefore we invite regional organizations such as CORPI, ORPIO, CONAP and AIDESEP, so that they too are at the technical table. We await the arrival of Professor Pedro Castillo as soon as possible ”, stated Tito Tuyasa, representative of the native federation Rio Apaga - FENARA
There is a roadmap that the federations have delivered to the executive and they hope that this will materialize
“The roadmap has already been presented to President Pedro Castillo, the presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Energy and Mines accordingly. The roadmap in terms of three main agents such as: some immediate investment projects, the post-oil life plan, referring to what the indigenous trust is, but we also have the hydrocarbons agenda, which is a very critical, very strong issue. , with respect to the discussion and the renegotiation of oil contracts, in all oil blocks, meanwhile the populations are mobilized throughout the oil circuit. The agenda has already been presented, a technical predisposition has been made with the minister of energy and mines, we hope that in these days station 5 will be able to move here to make a first meeting with the peoples ",
The roadmap that was delivered to the executive is as follows:
-Approval of a package of projects for the oil circuit through DU
-Impulse for the approval of the Urgency Decree of Indigenous Trust to finance the Gap Closure Plan.
-Creation of a Social Advancement Fund for the oil circuit.
-Creation of a Truth and Justice Commission on the influence and impact of 50 years of the Oil Industry
-Guarantees of Social Profitability of Oil production in Loreto and the right to benefit from the communities.
-Democratization of the existing production and Special Integral Development
Programs in Loreto -Impulse for the approval of the Law Modification of the Canon Petrolero distribution law (24300)
THEY WILL CONTINUE WAITING FOR PRESIDENT CASTILLO
The protesters hope that these days the executive can travel to the place where this social conflict is taking place.
The stoppage of this oil lot in the Loreto region has also greatly affected the “Flix Flores” hamlet, located less than 200 meters from the oil installation. They do not have basic services due to the Amazon strike that has been fighting for 21 days.
In addition to station 5, lots 192, 95, 67 and 8 are also up for grabs in this part of the Amazon.
(C. Ampuero)
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