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dam-l CONADI DETECTS IRREGULARITIES IN RALCO
I apologize for sending this out late. I was away on vacation and just
returned to my desk.
Aleta Brown
>Subject: CHIP News for July 14, 1998
>SOURCE: EL MERCURIO
>SOURCE: LA TERCERA
-- CONADI DETECTS IRREGULARITIES IN RALCO. A report
>published yesterday by the UPI alleges that internal papers from
>the National Indigenous Development Board (Conadi) confirm
>numerous "irregularities" related to the construction of Endesa's
>Ralco hydroelectric dam project.
> Quoting an unidentified internal Conadi document, UPI says
>the state's indigenous persons' watchdog agency is questioning the
>tactics used by Endesa to get Pehuenche (indigenous peoples)
>families to accept Endesa's offer for removing them from their
>homes.
> The internal document allegedly cites evidence showing
>Endesa convinced the families that Ralco was already approved,
>with Conadi's blessing, and they had no choice but to accept the
>land offer. The document also states that after a field visit, Conadi
>representatives learned there were differences between the
>documents the accepting Pehuenche signed, and what they
>believed they had signed.
> The Ralco project, which Endesa plans to begin construction
>on this year, is highly controversial because the construction of its
>reservoir means the flooding of sacred indigenous lands and the
>necessary removal of 90 Pehuenche families. The Ralco project
>cannot go forward without Conadi's approval, and this body plans
>to make a preliminary set of decisions before July 30.
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Aleta Brown
Campaign Associate
International Rivers Network
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