That's how this strikes me, as a negotiating tactic, in part ... the company simply has not made them the right offer ... and it's likely lacking in guarantees as much as in total consideration - folks there know that the only certainty is that at the beginning stages of mining they lose their homes and the trees from which they make their living .... me, i'd want cash in front on a deal like that, or no deal
I had some concern that the vote might have been conducted in undemocratic manner, but this paragraph knocked that back quite a ways, it describes international groups overseeing the legitimacy of the process ... now they may all be whackos socialistas sure, certainly most sound like it, but i don't plan to make an investment decision betting they're wrong -
' Destacó también la presencia de observadores internacionales de
Holanda, Alemania y Canadá, así como la de los integrantes de la
Asociación de Voluntarios Italianos en el Perú, Grupo
Latinoamericano de Iglesias, Instituto de Resolución de Conflictos,
Centro Internacional de Recursos Jurídicos, Centro de Investigación
sobre América Latina y el Caribe de la Universidad de York, Misión
Belén y Canadiense, a quienes se sumaron la Defensoría del Pueblo y
el grupo Transparencia, y personeros del frente, lo que garantizó la
limpieza del proceso.' - #reply-17552503
This should work as a direct url to those two pieces, but only for today - larepublica.com.pe
Core of the first article -
' Nadie, ni el Estado ni
la empresa privada, de ahora en adelante, tomará una
decisión ignorando la voluntad de los tambograndinos.
[No one, neither the state nor the company, from now on,
will make a decision ignoring the will of the local people.] ' |
