The Block of Campesinos (small farmers) in Valle Nuevo, Constanza decided to grant the government a truce until Saturday, 4 March 2017, with the hopes that a solution can be negotiated regarding the conflict over the application of Resolution 14-2016 that prohibits farming inside the Valle Nuevo National Park.
Norberto Rosario, the president of the farmers’ block, told Diario Libre that after meeting with Father Rogelio Cruz they decided to accept his proposal for a truce. “If there is no solution with the authorities from the Ministry of the Environment by Saturday, then we will redouble our efforts and our struggles, since we are not going to let them throw us out into the streets with our hands empty,” he told the Diario Libre reporters.
The spokesman also said that they are going to hold a larger meeting with all of the farmers affected by the measure from all seven communities in the sector of El Convento. He said: “In this meeting we’re going to report to the press a lot of the facts that have not been made public regarding Valle Nuevo. In addition we are going to unmask the lies of many public officials.”
Since last Monday, brigades from the Ministry of Environment have begun to dismantle the infrastructure on the farm belonging to Miguel Crouch In Alto Bandera.
2 March 2017
