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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:22:33 -0800
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From: Monti Aguirre <monti@irn.org>
Subject: dam-l LS: Ralco Dam Opponents Up the Ante
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CHIP NEWS
***
Date: February 14, 2000=20
Subject: Ralco Dam Opponents Up the Ante
Source: El Mercurio, La Tercera
***
RALCO DAM OPPONENTS UP THE ANTE
Two high profile opponents of the controversial Ralco hydroelectric dam,=
Dep. Alejandro Navarro and ecologist Juan Pablo Orrego, said last week that=
there had been fundamental "irregularities" in the Economy Ministry's=
approval of the project last month and appealed to the Comptroller General=
to overturn the decision. "We know there was pressure from high up in La=
Moneda presidential palace on the ministry to approve the project." Orrego=
said. According to Navarro and Orrego, the ministerial decrees approving=
concessions to build the dam and generate electricity in the upper Bio Bio=
Valley, Regions VIII and IX, violate the both the national Electricity and=
the Indigenous laws and are contrary to the interests of the nation. They=
also allege that power company Endesa had failed to present suitable plans=
to the Water Authority at the time the firm requested the concession, and=
hadn't consulted one of the land owners, both of which are required by the=
Electricity Law. AS well, they said Endesa doesn't own the water rights=
necessary to obtain the concession, the project goes against the wishes of=
the local indigenous population and that there are alternative, cheaper=
ways of generating electricity for the area. Orrego, who is the leader of=
the pressure group Action for the Bio Bio (GABB) and a Right Livelihood=
Award (Alternative Nobel prize) winner, has been working to stop the Ralco=
project since preliminary work began in 1995. Work on the project has been=
halted several times due to opposition from nine of the 95 indigenous=
Pehuenche families whose ancestral homelands would be destroyed if the=
project goes ahead
*** Chip News
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