Martín Vizcarra on Tía María: “We are always ready for dialogue”

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The President of the Republic, Martín Vizcarra, assured that his government is always ready for dialogue, given the social tension experienced in Arequipa after the State granted the license to Southern Peru Cooper Corporation for the construction of the Tía María project.

"We are always ready for dialogue," the President of the Republic briefly told Channel N.

The Vizcarra government gave the green light to this mining project a few weeks after its environmental impact study (EIA) expired, which was not effective on August 1.

The regional governor of Arequipa, Elmer Cáceres Llica, rejected that the Executive has given such authorization, because “the necessary dialogue mechanism with the po[CENSORED]tion of the Tambo Valley has not been established,” and asked President Vizcarra to travel to the area so that Know the position of citizens.

In addition, hundreds of residents of Valle de Tambo congregated on Tuesday in the Cocachacra district, Islay province (Arequipa), where they agreed during an assembly to abide by an indefinite strike from July 15 in protest to the granting of the license to Southern Peru.

On the other hand, the mining company assured that it will not start the execution of the works in Tía María “without first generating, in coordination with the Executive, spaces for dialogue in which the concerns are cleared and the guarantees that the po[CENSORED]tion needs are given, in order to achieve a more favorable social context ”