Heidy Murillo Quesada
Vice President - Federation for the Conservation Costaricense Ced
environment. 205220758
At times it is amazing the way as two separate individuals possess university degrees and postgraduate studies, addressing issues of national and international interest in the case that concerns me, the article by Don Humberto Pacheco "Crucitas O CRUZOTAS" leaves no my attention.
Estimating the economic scope of compensation should reconocérsele a mining company in the event of a unilateral breach of the concession for mining Crucitas has no real handle, let alone support a serious analysis of costs, benefits and financial damage derivatives. Mining is estimated, according to public information known, in which 700,000 ounces for a scenario of prices in a favorable market environment can reach $ 1,400 per ounce, which means that the gross sales of the metal may reach $ 980 million. This means that the estimate announced by senior government officials found to be higher by 80% over gross sales for the entire period of exploitation of the gold reserves of the mine. By all means, continue to refer to that amount as true, is irresponsible.
All investments made by the mining to date have been at your own risk, in both who have never had permission to sign, on the grounds that for many years we have not given up contesting in various administrative and judicial means resources have not yet been exhausted.
In a possible application by Gold inifinite to a decision by the national government to prevent mining in Crucitas, it is extremely difficult for transnational achieve a favorable result, as there are different arguments of deep technical strength and decisions have been taken against the grain on the administrative and legal provisions. The final scope of the alleged compensation, compensation should be recognized that the mining company must be set by an international tribunal.
The firm commitment to environmental protection, investment in education and health is what has made our country an example for the rest of the region. We have shown that mining is not necessary to develop, and not me, it is HP's behalf who referred to the quality of the Costa Rican labor with great satisfaction, and tourism, which comes to rest, filled with life, energy and healthy environments to our biodiversity, which has sustained tens of thousands of Costa Ricans, who today can continue their activity because it is sustainable over time, is not exhausted.
Unsustainability which, by definition mining, the exploitation of 10 years only leaves destruction in its wake, where after that time can not perform any other activity is synonymous with "Bread today, hunger tomorrow and it's a foolish bet. In any case, the evidence in the rest of Central America shows that when a mining company withdraws communities are in worse environmental, social and economic than before, and that would cost much higher for the Costa Rican society to promote activities at this time sustainable.
So much so that the cost benefit as a sovereign nation we decide to eradicate the root mining of our country, no doubt, would be positive.
Any decision of the executive power to repeal the decree of public interest and national convenience Crucitas mining project is legal and legitimate process, plus there are plenty of arguments to support it.
face of all these arguments, the fallacy is clearly raising Humberto invoking the argument of "legal security" as opposed to our sovereign decision to expel Infinite Crucitas, supported by 9 out of 10 in Costa Rica. Don Humberto
also refers to arguments based on fear of economic loss for the poorest, Soviet lights parasitic and other epithets converted out of date by at least 20 years when the wall came down and I was 12, as well as a misogynist arguments questioning the decisions of a woman ... No, not worth discussing because they do not come to my height.
Anyway, very concrete evidence about the inconvenience of mining in our country, beginning with the sacrifice of other activities that are environmentally sustainable, socially and economically, this is the basis for sustainable development, as I said before, supported by 9 out of 10 Costa Rican and they do have, contrary to what arises Don Humberto, a very futuristic and very ambitious. So ambitious is that vision, There are many achievements and wealth, which many can not see her in the narrow-minded to earn a return of gold mirrors. Many have progressed, others are condemned to repeat history, we move forward, we are the ones who refuses to make the same mistakes. The visionary and progressive, we see more than gold, green gold see the future.
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