The announcement on the suspension of the operations of the mining company MMG Las Bambas was rated as “Victimization” by the legal advisor of the peasant communities of Chumbivilcas, Víctor Villa, who assured that it is a strategy to force his patrons to lay down their measures of force.
“I think it is part of the company’s strategy to victimize itself and say we are going to close operations, when the solution is just around the corner. We are not asking for regulated money, we are asking that they pay us the same as they pay any company. What happens is that they, (think that) being a peasant community you have to pay them less. It is a discriminatory treatment that we are not willing to accept ”, he said.
It has been almost two weeks since the Quechua communities of the province of Chumbivilcas, in Cusco, resumed the blockade of the southern mining corridor, Despite the calls to resume the dialogue, it remains trapped in the economic issue.
It turns out that communities, through community companies, aspire to be providers of goods and services to the company The Bambas. This issue was discussed in work groups that are trapped because an agreement is not reached on the amount to be paid for the services.
According to the lawyer, Víctor Villa, the company seeks to pay two thousand dollars a month for the services provided. For the communities, this amount is negligible and would not even cover the cost of the investment for the acquisition of vehicles.
In addition, they argue that it is a deal discriminatory, since providers from communities such as Fuerabamba, in Apurimac, or companies like Servosa, which offer transportation of minerals, obtain higher amounts for the same service.
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