The prime minister, Mirtha Vásquez, last Tuesday ruled out that President Pedro Castillo is evaluating the change of the head of the Economy and Finance portfolio, Pedro Francke. “I have not seen in the president any intention to change the Minister of Economy,” he said. In that sense, Vásquez affirmed the position of the head […]
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Executive Branch evaluates proposing changes to the Mining Law
The president of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, reported yesterday that they will propose to the National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy (SNMPE) a series of changes in the General Mining Law to solve conflicts related to extractive activity. “We have frankly told the SNMPE that we would like to propose a series […]
Las Bambas: Mirtha Vásquez highlights restart of mining operations
The President of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, highlighted the restart of operations at the Las Bambas mining company after reestablishing the dialogue between the communities and the company with the intervention of the Government. In addition, it indicated that the state will be present in the area and will carry out a permanent […]
Las Bambas: communities will keep the mining corridor unblocked during negotiations
This Thursday the meeting between the Government, MMG Las Bambas and the communities of Chumbivilcas (Cusco) that for more than a month they chose to block a section of the southern mining corridor pending contractual improvements. Although the obstruction of the road was planned only until the end of the tripartite dialogue, it transpired that […]
Las Bambas 48 hours away for key meeting in Chumbivilcas
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) informed through a press release that the coordination of the meeting called on December 30 to continue the dialogue with the peasant communities of Chumbivilcas about their demands against the Las Bambas mining company is being carried out. Coordinations are in charge of advanced teams of the […]
Las Bambas: Executive will wait until today for the cessation of blockades
There was no white smoke. The president of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, yesterday issued an ultimatum to the Chumbivilcas communities, in the Cusco, to unlock the southern mining corridor. He gave until today at noon to restart the dialogue without impositions or measures of force. The energetic exhortation was sent virtually in the […]
Las Bambas: Government will wait until tomorrow for Chumbivilcas’s response
The dialogue table scheduled between the Government, representatives of MMG Las Bambas and the citizens of the area of influence of the mining project, including those of Chumbivilcas, did not reach any concrete agreement, beyond a period of less than 24 hours. to announce the unblocking of the road. The meeting, which was virtually chaired […]
Chumbivilcas will participate in the meeting called today by PCM with Las Bambas
Víctor Villa, legal advisor to the inhabitants of Chumbivilcas, in Cusco, confirmed that community representatives will participate in the meeting called for today by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) together with the negotiation team of MMG Ltd, operator of the Las Bambas mining unit in Apurímac. According to information released by Reuters, […]
Las Bambas: today’s meeting with no confirmed attendance
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) scheduled the meeting for today – urgently – with the purpose of providing a definitive and sustainable solution to the problems that revolve around the South Road Corridor. The peasant communities, the Las Bambas mining company and the local and regional authorities are summoned to the meeting, […]
PCM delegation travels to Las Bambas to intercede for the departure of workers
The president of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vasquez, reported that a team from the PCM Dialogue Secretariat left today for the Las Bambas area, in Cusco, with the aim of materializing the humanitarian pass, letting workers out and allowing the entry of a minimum group for critical activities and ” avoid environmental impacts ”. […]