Reading reports on this website of 1,200 military evicting the farmers from Los Haitises - anyone know of where I can get more information on this?
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Anyone know what is going on in Los Haitises?
There are some small blurbs in various on-line media outlets, but nothing in-depth that I have seen, so far.
Here's one from DominicanToday:
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/lo...s-in-the-fight-for-Los-Haitises-National-Park
Here's one from DominicanToday:
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/lo...s-in-the-fight-for-Los-Haitises-National-Park
Still no one in any of the media reports have mentioned the fact that the people who were evicted when the park was created, and again when it was expanded in 1994, were promised compensation and never recieved un chele. Plus this line about streams is rubbish - the place is a low-lying calcitic landscape - how many streams come out of there?
Drug raids
The report in yesterday's Listin had pictures of troops moving in and said that there were "drug points" inside the park. Later in the story, it reported that there were "new harvests" so one assumes that there were marijuana patchs,yes?
The report in yesterday's Listin had pictures of troops moving in and said that there were "drug points" inside the park. Later in the story, it reported that there were "new harvests" so one assumes that there were marijuana patchs,yes?
There was a report a few days ago about yaut?a and other crops being cultivated for export to PR - the implication being that the squatters are not just poor subsistence farmers but that there is larger scale commercial farming going on, hence the references to "interests".
Cheers Chiri for the insight - there was a big brouha in the early nineties over evictions of subsistence farmers in Los Haitises, where only "interests" were compensated for loss of land. I was pretty sceptical about the export and drugs references, but the "interests" thing changes it somewhat. 1,400 troops for 100 families still sounds like the heavy-handed response of the early 1990s.
Just found this blog: Eco Lucha RD is made up of a number of organisations like La Revuelta, Projuventud, Juventud Caribe, Felabel, Colectivo Menta, Marohu, Revoluci?n 65 & others to join in efforts to combat the installation of a cement factory in Los Haitises. It would appear that the Government have granted a licence to Grupo Aceros Estrella, to whom they owe money, according to this.
Eco Lucha RD: ?Una cementera en Los Haitises!
Front page of blog is here:
Eco Lucha RD
50 km cycle ride Sunday to promote awareness of the issue:
MTBdominicana: RUTA MTB "AYUDANDO A SALVAR LOS HAITISES"
Eco Lucha RD: ?Una cementera en Los Haitises!
Front page of blog is here:
Eco Lucha RD
50 km cycle ride Sunday to promote awareness of the issue:
MTBdominicana: RUTA MTB "AYUDANDO A SALVAR LOS HAITISES"
Photos showing how much land clearance has already happened:
Flickr: www.sacandomelao.com's Photostream
According to Sacandomelao blog, the nearest community is against this but some are receiving payments of 200-300 pesos a week to promote it & not be truthful about the effects and consequences.
sacandomelao: Campamento Solidaridad Haitises publica Bolet?n 0
Flickr: www.sacandomelao.com's Photostream
According to Sacandomelao blog, the nearest community is against this but some are receiving payments of 200-300 pesos a week to promote it & not be truthful about the effects and consequences.
sacandomelao: Campamento Solidaridad Haitises publica Bolet?n 0
According to MY sources, this is a corporation owned by Felix Garcia (Productos Linda, Envases Antillanos, El Caribe, La Fabril, Troqueldom, etc etc etc), Manuel Estrella (El Caribe, Aceros Estrella, Cemento Dominicano) and Huascar Rodriguez Jr (Cementos Cibao) in an attempt to get closer to the major comsumer markets of the East and Santo Domingo...
I do not think it can be stopped.
HB
I do not think it can be stopped.
HB
I would never doubt your sources HB. Maybe you could write to these Dominican youngsters and explain? It will be worse for them if they continue to put effort into a campaign which doesn't even have a 1% chance of succeeding.
I always thought the Minister of the Environment, Jaime Mirabal, was one of the (few) good guys with a real interest in the environment? Looks like they went to town last year evicting squatters & crop growers NOT to return Los Haitises as a national ecological treasure (as said at the time) but to make it easier for ownership to be given to a cement factory (& rumoured mining concern, but I don't know how much weight that has). The pollution and contamination fallout have got to be worse from a cement factory than crop growing, surely? And Jaime Mirabal knows about that, that's why he firmly came out against the cement factory at Luperon:
sacandomelao: Jaime David vuelve y repite: LA CEMENTERA NO V?
So........when they were evicting the squatters from Los Haitises last year, did they know all along that it was going to a cement company?
Anyway, the youngsters have organised a sit-in/camp-in this weekend, lasting a week
Vigilante Informativo: CAMPENTO CONTRA CEMENTERA EN LOS HAITISES
Grupos no se rinden en lucha contra instalaci?n cementera - Hoy Digital
and are thinking about litigating against him
Dominicanos HOY: Someter?n Jaime David por autorizar cementera
so true DonP,
that's why the persons in charge will go on to fill their pockets with money just thinking:
Hey,
if i am hungry i send the wife with her credit card to the store to get something.
Jaime Mirabal seems to have changed his 'route/mind/bank account'.
i would love to see that stopped, but doubt a lot.
it's very big money talking.
Ginnie,
So........when they were evicting the squatters from Los Haitises last year, did they know all along that it was going to a cement company?
betya
Mike
that's why the persons in charge will go on to fill their pockets with money just thinking:
Hey,
if i am hungry i send the wife with her credit card to the store to get something.
Jaime Mirabal seems to have changed his 'route/mind/bank account'.
i would love to see that stopped, but doubt a lot.
it's very big money talking.
Ginnie,
So........when they were evicting the squatters from Los Haitises last year, did they know all along that it was going to a cement company?
betya
Mike
If so, Mike, then Jaime David is in no better a position than Frank Moya Pons was under Hipolito. Sad.
the big projects/moves of those big companies are usual something planned with a long advantage, such decisions are not made from one moment to an other, to request a permit from several secretaries of state is a long lasting process.
that's why i say they knew it,
it was planned the way they start it now.
and yes,
it is very sad
Mike
that's why i say they knew it,
it was planned the way they start it now.
and yes,
it is very sad
Mike
More news from the camp-in/sit-in: suggested here that if project goes ahead, Taino cave etchings will be lost, as well as the other issues raised above.
Eco Lucha RD: Bolet?n No. 2 - Domingo 17 de mayo
Eco Lucha RD: Bolet?n No. 2 - Domingo 17 de mayo
The sit-in/camp-in at Los Haitises continues. It was due to finish this weekend but in the light of developments they are keeping it going.
On Wednesday the environmental commission of the Chamber of Deputies called a meeting for Jaime David to explain why the permission was given for the cement factory. He didn't show up but sent a team of delegates. Environmental Commission wasn't convinced by their arguments and decided to seek the annulment of the permission granted.
The camp-in therefore continues! Activists need food so anyone going there or nearby, please take them some. The battle is by no means won but this would appear to be a ray of hope and certainly attests to the power of peaceful protest.
Eco Lucha RD: SEMARENA y Jaime David no acuden ante los diputados para explicar el permiso otorgado a la Cementera en Los Haitises
Video here:
Eco Lucha RD: Video protesta mi?rcoles, con obstrucci?n camiones
On Wednesday the environmental commission of the Chamber of Deputies called a meeting for Jaime David to explain why the permission was given for the cement factory. He didn't show up but sent a team of delegates. Environmental Commission wasn't convinced by their arguments and decided to seek the annulment of the permission granted.
The camp-in therefore continues! Activists need food so anyone going there or nearby, please take them some. The battle is by no means won but this would appear to be a ray of hope and certainly attests to the power of peaceful protest.
Eco Lucha RD: SEMARENA y Jaime David no acuden ante los diputados para explicar el permiso otorgado a la Cementera en Los Haitises
Video here:
Eco Lucha RD: Video protesta mi?rcoles, con obstrucci?n camiones