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Winning the Battle for Candamo
Ernesto Raez Luna
Today, both the Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr. Juan Valdivia, and his vice-minister, Mr. Pedro Gamio, went on record and denied the existence of a bill to mutilate Bahuaja Sonene. They claimed that no entry of the bill has been recorded in the Peruvian Congress.
This is misleading, since the bill was prepared by the Executive, not by any congress group, and we have copies of the official opinion against the bill issued by the National Parks superintendent, Mr. Luis Alfaro (who subsequently and simultaneously would have resigned and got fired).
Also this morning, in the extremely influential RPP Noticias radio program, the company behind the attempted "violation of Candamo" (sic) was identified as Hunt Oil, owned by a personal friend of Mr. George W. Bush and Mr. Dick Cheney (are these people familiar to you?), according to the reporter.
In short, it looks like we won the battle. Still, let's keep very vigilant. Best, ERNESTO
