Position Statement

I'm a neutral in this affair.

There is a shocking high level of unemployment in Chile. The mine company Barrick Gold will sooner or later bring more jobs to the citizens. However that doesn't mean that everyone can be in this company. Only qualified and people with the right skills can be accepted has employees for the company. And this project will eventually take property out of people that were working the land for centuries. There’s a lot of other issues that should be

The entire world is based on the economy whether we like it or not. Even if we refuse the project, but in time another company would probably do the same. It's a never ending story. There will always be companies that will search and fight for natural resources such as mining. Mining was and still is the primary strength of the economy of Chile. So it’s hard to figure out whether we approve or not the project regarding the importance of the mine.

Sure it will take a long time to extract the gold out of the mountain (estimated period of time of 20 years), but after that what will happen? The majority of the Chilean is living thanks to the water supplied by the glacier. But what if the water gets so contaminated that it would be impossible to use it? These are big issues that shouldn’t be unheard.