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dam-l CONADI SETS CRITERIA FOR RALCO DECISION




December 7, 1998
Sources: EL MERCURIO;LA TERCERA

                           CONADI SETS CRITERIA FOR RALCO DECISION

                          The National Indigenous Development Board met all
day Friday to
                          establish criteria for determine the validity of
land barter contracts
                          signed between power company Endesa and 83
Pehuenche families.
                          The board must now decide whether or not to
ratify these contracts.

                          Endesa's proposed US$500 million Ralco dam would
flood 600
                          hectares of sacred Pehuenche land, causing 91
Pehuenche families to
                          be relocated.

                          One of the criteria set was how to measure the
comparative value of
                          the land to be flooded and the land offered by
Endesa.

                          While such criteria apply to Ralco, the idea is
that they be used for
                          similar cases in the future.

                          Conadi will hold a new meeting on these matters
on Dec. 17, after
                          three board members have traveled to the Upper
Bio Bio to talk to
                          Pehuenches who support or reject the project.

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