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The dispute with the Los Haitises Cementera
We have seen the great coverage it has generated controversy and the installation of a cement plant inthe vicinity of the Parque Nacional Los Haitises. Clear arguments of great weight with people in publiclife have been expressed both for and against the cement. Since parrots Ahiequeprende.com not want tobe what he says each of the groups. It is our duty to investigate, and that's why I write this first entry, thefirst of a series that will have to deal with your help, to discover what really lies behind the installationof the cement.The first argument is that it sounded Cementera land was in the National Park Los Haitises. The cementis not within the protected area but within the area is called "The Haitises", ie it is the geomorphologicalcharacteristics that make so important to this region. The area in total is between 1.600 and 1.800 km2square kilometers, but under effective protection within the national system of protected areas, ie whatis called Haitises National Park, has about 826 km2.So the argument that the cement is in the National Park falls by default. But why the insistence to do inLos Haitises? Why there?Luis Carvajal, president of the Environmental Commission of the UASD, mentioned as Act 64-00provides that if an investment with severe environmental impacts, such as the cement can be done inanother place, involving less risk to the environment and natural resources, then you choose anotherlocation.This reinforces the question of why the insistence to do in Los Haitises. There are several answers thatneed to be confirmed.One of the most relief is that the Government owes a high sum of money to the construction of thecement company, Consorcio Minero Dominican, whose chairman is Manuel Estrella (Steel is the sameStar of the Caribbean and VP-CRC, a power in Santiago).Another argument is circulating that behind this there is an intention to give value to land in the areafor real estate.These hypotheses are credible and meaningful. But not just that, think a bit more, ask a little more. Whatbook are relatively large near the cement? The Santo Domingo-Saman
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highway.Why build this road? Why was cut by half and the Los Haitises planting project Induspalma (of Mercasaof Bonetti, the family of the administrative secretary of the presidency)?The road was opened and is not completed, is dangerous because it has no lighting, no drainage, it isvery flat and there are areas where land is still crowded. Is there any relationship at all? Is there a link Bonetti-Star (whether commercial, family, real estate) that has facilitated the degree of fitting to be
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