{"id":238560,"date":"2025-07-14T08:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=238560"},"modified":"2025-07-14T08:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:53:22","slug":"widespread-protests-in-san-juan-de-la-maguana-against-mining-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/07\/14\/widespread-protests-in-san-juan-de-la-maguana-against-mining-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread protests in San Juan de la Maguana against mining project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A broad coalition of social, educational, religious, and community groups has mobilized in strong opposition to a proposed mining project in San Juan de la Maguana, warning that the initiative poses a severe threat to the region\u2019s natural resources and agricultural livelihood, N Digital reports. The protestors reject the installation of mining ventures in the Central Mountain Range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the most prominent voices is environmental activist Fidelio Despradel, who denounced the project as “unacceptable” in a region considered vital to the country’s agricultural output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an agricultural area, one of the richest in the Dominican Republic,\u201d said Despradel during a rally with local residents. \u201cA mining operation won\u2019t just pollute the water\u2014it will disrupt the supply needed for the San Juan Valley to continue feeding the Dominican people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also speaking out was Francis Ram\u00edrez, local representative of the Dominican Teachers’ Association (ADP) in San Juan Este. Alongside Despradel, he urged President Luis Abinader to honor his campaign promise not to support environmental degradation through extractive projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protesters have rallied under the slogan \u201cWe don\u2019t want gold, we want water\u201d, reflecting deep concern over the potential impact of mining on vital water sources in a region essential to agriculture in the Dominican south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the religious sector, Father Santos Cabral Luciano, representing the Catholic Church, offered his full support to the environmental cause, emphasizing the moral responsibility to protect land and water for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Romero Project is a resource development gold and copper project owned 100% by GoldQuest Mining Corporation (GoldQuest) and is located within the Tireo property (3,997ha) of the Central Mountain Range of the Dominican Republic impacting the San Juan de la Maguana province. The project consists of the Romero and Romero South deposits with thick intervals of gold and copper mineralization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A broad coalition of social, educational, religious, and community groups has mobilized in strong opposition to a proposed mining project in San Juan de la Maguana, warning that the initiative poses a severe threat to the region\u2019s natural resources and agricultural livelihood, N Digital reports. The protestors reject the installation of mining ventures in the … <\/p>\n

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