STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN Jorge Cabrera Rimarachin

STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN Jorge Cabrera Rimarachin.

Congressman Jorge Cabrera Rimarachin addresses the public to express the following:

1. As elected Congressman of the Republic of the Cajamarca region and as a citizen who knows about the problems generated by the mining abusive, predatory and violates human rights of my people, I have expressed my support for militant protest against the town of Cajamarca the Conga mining project, accompanying all his struggles and demands.
2. During the development of the protest of Cajamarca, we have seen the tremendous support that has the Yanacocha mining company in most of the media in the country and who are the powers across different operators make efforts to discredit Cajamarca people's struggle, trying to induce people the idea that the Conga mining project is the panacea to solve the country's problems.
3. In that context, we developed the historic National March for water which ended last February 10 in a historic rally in the Plaza San Martin in Lima with several thousands of Peruvians who claim the protection of water against the threat of the activities extractive mercantilist. In the heat of this debate, I have had a subjective perception by the way they announced the arrest of Artemio terrorist by the media that the most privileged in all the news to overshadow the successful national march of the water, which is a mistake that I recognize and assume.
4. That should highlight the effort made by the government through the police in the process of dismantling of this terrorist group Huallaga remaining to allow peace to the country. However, it should be noted that our police and armed forces not only have their own training capacity and to undertake the fight against drug trafficking and terrorism, being unnecessary the presence of agencies and foreign elements into operational actions.
5. Finally, I declare that the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) has decided to initiate me a disciplinary process to which I have submitted willingly as a militant, because that means that the party should be discrepancies, tolerance, internal debate and trends, all of which must mean Internal Democracy. I hope to be processed under the rules of due process as established by the Political Parties Act and the Statute partisan, so nobody can be occasioned powers or sentencing judge, to decide my separation of the Nationalist Party, let alone the confluence of Peru wins congressional caucus to which I belong, because in the party and Earn Peru has no owners or bosses, but authorities have formal decision after an internal process that is fair and democratic.
Lima, March 2, 2012.

Jorge Cabrera Rimarachin
Congress
Thank you for your gentle diffusion.
Phone: 3117678



Posted by Juan Esteban Yupanqui Villalobos

What is the price of water?

What is the price of water?

Nothing - for large transnational mining spread throughout the territory of Peru today.
Nothing - as these mining pay nothing to the state whose wealth plundered shameless .. Conga - Newmont Mining Corporation, Barrick - Misquichilca SA, Tingo Maria - Gold Mine Holding SAC and many others ..
Nothing - despite disappearing lakes, mountains, unique flora and fauna!
And once again ask: What is the price of water?
In fact the water has a different price depends on the country and the region where you live .. For example:
At Hurlingham, Buenos Aires Province have no running water - must pay a Water Drum 10 liter and pay $ 2 and a quarter.
The water problem in the capital of Peru is to have water only those with high incomes in Lima for the cheapest costs about $ 80 or 150 soles a month and Maranga is about 100 dollars a month for water.
Water is cheap for the rich and very expensive for the poor ..



And once again ask: What is the price of water?
Here in the Andean region but no running water so the lakes and rivers belong to all! or free??
Is it really free?
Transnational mining companies deprive the water and then reinvested in the ponds but already contaminated mercury, cyanide and other chemicals harmful to human health ..
Do you think free water for which you pay with your health?, With the health of their children and grandchildren .. Do you think free water for which you pay with your life?
I assure you that nothing is free but has the highest price may be paid by a person!
And once again ask: What is the price of water?
For the traveler in the desert who is out of water and suffers immense thirst and soon real threat of losing his own life: for this the water is priceless! It is priceless!

Both water costs ...




Tanyita Yupanqui
http://juanestebanyupanqui.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuanto-cuesta-el-agua.html

WATER is a RIGHT

WATER is a RIGHT
A few times I received this letter from my dearest brother ..

"March of the pitchers, so they called this national demonstration in defense of water has reached the gates of Lima, capital of Peru, to be heard and this government put aside the people and fulfill its promise to defend water against the greed of the mining.

We are pleased that within the dealers are our brothers of the Andes Libertad, there confusion among thousands of protesters, we're sure his voice thrill with the consciousness of Lima, who are mostly migrants and Lima is a city that for all your pores breathe province particularly in the provinces.

Before the protesters from the Andes to Lima partieran Libertad in support of Cajamarca made ​​an offering in front of the Toro Lagoon, located in the district of Quiruvilca, province of Santiago de Chuco, Department of La Libertad, capturing the mystique of our ancestors Pre-Inca and Inca, to thank Mother Earth for the blessing of the water!

And you know, in these last days, it rained in the mountains as you can imagine not!

The peasants say it will be a good year, I travel and I oobservar the Cordillera Blanca and the green fields where turf soccer field, is a very beautiful landscape and the shots I send you these days ... "

thanks, my soul brother!

Tanyita Yupanqui
http://juanestebanyupanqui.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-agua-es-un-derecho.html

Here is a video with more views on the subject:

Water and life versus mining - Peru goes up so that water is a right

Water and life versus mining
Peru goes up so that water is a right



Since last February 2, runs a massive march to arrive to Lima Peru on Thursday with the claim of cessation of mining and the impact on aquifers that hurt emerging communities in the Andean country.

The mobilization is organized by communities, social, educators and farmers demanding the government stop the project Ollanta Humalla gold extraction in the region of Conga and several other affecting drinking water sources and irrigation.

Also, claiming the ban mobilized cyanide and mercury in mining and compulsory social license to operate the mines. During their march of over a thousand people, were repeated slogans like "small creeks make a big river and powerful" and "water itself, not gold."

The Conga project involves an investment of 4800 million dollars and the use of four gaps in Cajamarca, two to extract gold and the other to store the tailings. An unofficial report of the Peruvian Ministry of Environment warned about the vulnerability of the ecosystem where they plan to run the project and the risk they are exposed to site groundwater.

The mining project generated a strong strike in the affected area in November 2011 and a political schism in the executive branch of Ollanta Humala, who relieved some secretaries of state who criticized the project. In addition, the Regional Government of Cajamarca declared the project feasible and give a boost to await the decision in the long walk of 10 days to arrive to Lima.

The days of running will be full of activities are the principal moments of Justice Water Forum, scheduled for the day 9, in Lima, and a festive and peaceful mobilization by water on 10, also in the capital city.

Parallel to the march, there will be other support activities. In Lima, youth groups, social organizations and human rights groups held a march through the streets to support and celebrate the beginning of this demonstration peaceful and democratic. Also in Cusco, Espinar, Canchis, Tambo, Arequipa, Tacna, Ancash, Iquitos and other parts of the macro-regions North, Central, South and East of the country will be held rallies and demonstrations.

Another measure included in the platform of this mobilization is to create a Truth Commission on Mining, to investigate any injury caused by extractive industries in the last 20 years.

Real World Radio shares a report from Radio Contagion fellow who collected the testimony of Leoncio Vallento, local authority of the village Nuevo Peru, present in the movement, who points to Humala government for position in favor of the mining project, thereby thwarting their pre-election commitments.

Photo: diarioelpopular.com
(2012) Real World Radio

http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Agua-y-vida-versus-mineria?lang=es

STEP UP FOR WATER AND WAS YESTERDAY FOR MOBILIZATION CHIMBOTE

STEP UP FOR WATER AND WAS YESTERDAY FOR MOBILIZATION CHIMBOTE

Monday February 6, 2012 1:49

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Farmers, fishermen, and environmentalists joined the march of sacrifice for the water made by the delegation of Cajamarca against the project "CONGA"

More than 500 people arrived on foot at Rio Santa from Cajamarca and other cities in the north to meet with a delegation of Chimbote, including farmers, fishermen and environmentalists, waiting for the start of the march for Water and Life.

By joining all civil society groups rejected the intervention mining in the headwaters of the basin and the State asked the strict protection of natural resources, especially water, charged protesters with banners and posters in hand staged a sit-in Bridge Santa, there the father of one of the missing Santa, Jorge Cardoso Noriega, threw a flower arrangement to the river and took the microphone to ask the President, Ollanta Humala Tasso, that his government fulfills its offer of campaign, which was the defense of nature reserves.

"The formal and informal mining are polluting the waters, and the life of Peruvians are at risk, in the case of the valley of Santa we perjudicándonos because river water product comes with heavy metals from mining effluents resulting in the headers and no one controls it, I wonder, what do we need to receive both canon Ancash if we are killing ourselves with pollution? "said Jorge Noriega.
for his part, Marco Arana Zegarra Ppadre, national coordinator of the march, said they have scheduled to arrive in Lima on February 10 to hold meetings with various organizations in defense of water resources also reiterated as in every city that visit to "Conga no go", and will not allow the development of this project.

"We do not care how far we have come but we reject the mining because it damages the water and harms the entire crop and livestock production in Cajamarca. We will not give our arm twisted "said the protesters Cajamarca.
It should be noted that the march by the State Water seeks ban mining in the headwaters, the use of cyanide and mercury, the right to consultation and the defense of 036, Cajamarca regional ordinance declaring the execution unfeasible Conga project.

In the afternoon, demonstrators marched on Nuevo Chimbote Chimbote, today are scheduled to be in Casma and Huarmey and February 10 in Lima.


http://www.diariodechimbote.com/portada/noticias-locales/56143-marcha-por-el-agua-paso-ayer-por-chimbote-y-hubo-movilizacion

Report on 3 March National Water

Report on 3 March National Water

On arrival at Trujillo, 8000 people joined the 700 walkers. 400 walkers came out of Cajamarca, who joined 300 patrolmen and peasants of Lambayeque, Piura, San Ignacio and San Pedro de Cutervo Lloc. The day before, had arrived in Trujillo ronderos Huamachuco, Quiruvilca and Santiago de Chuco, a total of 800 people, accompanied by the Mayor of Quiruvilca. Also joined residents of the place, trade organizations, Christian and citizen, and hundreds of migrants settled in Cajamarca the capital of La Libertad. Thus more than 20 trade associations, peasant patrols, representatives of water fronts in defense of northern Peru participated in the third day of the Long March for Water. In total, 120 organizations macro-northern, central, south and east, and Lima, Lima and Callao provinces, have joined the initiative. The patrolmen and various social organizations of Trujillo said the lunch and overnight at the marchers.

Hosting by Trujillo was festive, with bands that played huaynos and carnival songs, with lyrics alluding to the defense of water. In the Plaza de Armas of Trujillo, the mayor spoke of Quiruvilca, Cajamarca regional directors and former priest Marco Arana by the National Organizing Commission of the March for Water. The speeches stressed the need to protect water sources, emphasizing the peaceful and democratic character of the March. He explained the proposal to prohibit by law the mining with mercury and cyanide in basin headwaters and gave prominence to the concerns of patrolmen by the impacts of mining in their areas. During the night there was a musical culture, organized by the patrolmen of the Sierra Libertad, who have brought several bands as is customary in the festivities in the area.

After a day in Trujillo, forums and "citizen dialogues", it is expected that 1,200 people go to Chimbote, Casma, Huarmey, Pativilca, Supe, Paramonga and Huacho, where the protests began and to receive the March.

Leaders of peasant patrols give their testimony
The leader Gilberto Cayotapa Chugur province in Bambamarca explained that have joined the march because the Santa Huatay mining project has directly affected the head of basin that feeds the tributaries of the Chancay, hurting the community access and water availability.

Idelso Hernandez, leader of the Unified Peasant Patrols of Peru and a native of the province of Jaen in Cajamarca, said "more than six river basins would be prejudiced if practiced open-pit mining, and so to join the march" .

Quispe Elpinaldo Mega, president of the peasant patrols in the province of Santa Cruz, Cajamarca, explained that for 13 years the population suffers pollution of the rivers St. Lawrence and St. Peter, by residues of the mining project "The Ditch" of Buenaventura Mining. That end up affecting the river and the valley Chancay Jequetepeque.

Incidents are reported repressive Huarmey
The National Organizing Committee of the National Water Long March has been reported and claims a repressive action by police. On Thursday night, Huarmey, one of the expected concentration in the March, clashes between police and the population within a 48-hour strike against the Antamina mine, which was accused of contaminating the aquifer that provides water for drinking.

Posted by at 1:30 negromartinez

http://observacionenperu.blogspot.com/2012/02/reporte-dia-3-marcha-nacional-del-agua.html