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dam-l PEHUENCHE GIVE ENDESA AN ULTIMATUM
CHIP News for August 17, 1998
>SOURCE: EL MERCURIO
>SOURCE: LA TERCERA
> -- PEHUENCHE GIVE ENDESA AN ULTIMATUM. The nine
>Pehuenche families who oppose the construction of Endesa's
>US$500 million Ralco dam sent Endesa an ultimatum Saturday,
>saying that the company must remove all construction materials
>from the dam's proposed site by the end of Wednesday. Ralco
>would flood 1,500 hectares of ancestral Pehuenche lands, and
>supposedly cannot go forward without the land barter contracts
>signed by all families who would have to be relocated. These nine
>families have yet to sign the contracts.
> Pascual Levi, a representative of the opposing families, said
>that their Sunday meeting was the last peaceful encounter the
>group will have if Endesa does not agree to leave. The group has
>already begun to plan actions if Endesa does not comply, but Levi
>reminded listeners that it is not the Pehuenche who are looking
>for violence.
> At the meeting, the Pehuenche announced that they will not
>return to Los Angeles to participate in discussions with the local
>government, when all the officials can suggest is greater
>compensation for the land barter.
> While the Pehuenche families met Sunday, close to 200
>ecologists and others who oppose the dam organized their
>campaign to support the families who refuse to barter their land.
>Levi also said that in September the Pehuenche will host a
>traditional nguillatun. ceremony, and that members of all ethnic
>groups in Chile will attend.
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