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Three Strikers Moved in serious condition at the Hospital of Illapel

Residents of the town of Cayman, Region IV, which met today, 30 days on hunger strike, after the demand to end the El Mauro tailings dam, have released the following statement to the public, motivated by the fact that three of the strikers had to be moved to hospital in serious condition Illapel.

Press Public Opinion:

Today Monday October 25, 2010, the residents striker Cayman communities meet 29 days hunger strike.

We as people of Cayman, communicate, our demands are legitimate and are supported by the facts that demonstrate the dangers of living with "the Mauro Tailings Dam, built in the upper valley of Cayman.

We can not allow our families to have to live with agonizing pressure to fear losing some of our residents or the community as a whole. For this reason we are on high alert.

On Sunday 17 October, there was a rapprochement with the Empresa Minera Los Pelambres, establishing a table dialogue.

is the problem and the refusal of the Minera Los Pelambres to close "The El Mauro Tailings Dam," suggesting the company representatives the eradication of the people of Cayman.

agreement is reached to determine all aspects of the move, but one related to the "uprooting mitigation."

The company breaks the table after refusing to discuss the point "uprooting mitigation", claims that value is delivered by community members, retire and make a media handling of the situation; attitude categorically reject as strikers and the community of Cayman.

request respect for our people.

can not condemn us to live with these environmental liabilities that affect our quality of life, pollute our water, our cattle, against the indifference of mining companies and the silence of the authorities.

Therefore, we decided four peasants of onces striker, to take the extreme step of initiating "dry hunger strike" on Thursday at 16 hours on 21 October:

Juan Manuel Villalobos 36 (spokesman), Claudio Lemus Villalobos (44 years); Germain Calderón (33), Juan Ruiz Jamett (25 years).

Mitigation by uprooting, means a legitimate aspect, facing the situation of having to leave the place that welcomed us for generations and have the basics to settle in a new place.

We want to be very clear and direct our motion to strike, was never referred to the negotiations is problematic for money.

The spirit of this movement is "The closure and eradication of Mauro Tailings Dam," this was, is and remains our approach.

Cayman Hunger Strikers.

29 days for Life for Our Future Generations.

Source: Digital Journal