An incapable State CANNOT stop illegal mining | Un Estado incapaz NO puede parar la minería ilegal

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Specialists: Joint State-population action is required to stop illegal mining

The cooperative members have deputies, senators, representatives in the mining secretariats of the governorates, they impose authorities in Senarecom, in AJAM, in Sergeomin.

Explotación de oro en Suches. Foto: Rascacielos
Gold exploitation in Suches. Photo: Rascacielos

La Paz, December 22, 2023 (ANF).- To stop illegal mining, particularly gold mining, which has been plundering and appropriating the country’s natural resources, specialists on the subject indicated that the population of the different regions, where cooperatives operate, together with the State, enforce the regulations in the face of the failure of the supervisory bodies.

“The supervisory bodies do not really reach all regions, which is why a generalized will of the Bolivian people is required, particularly in the regions where gold is exploited, to take joint action and really stop illegal exploitation and enforce the rules.” that govern mining activity,” José Pimentel, former Minister of Mining, told ANF.

Foto: Wara Vargas

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