ELECTRIC FACE OFF.The Pemon tribe in southeastern Venezuela is knocking down electricity towers running through their traditional lands in the Gran Sabana National Park. The tribe is protesting the construction of a high-voltage power line by government-run Corporation Venezolana de Guayana (CVG CVG Convergys Corp CVG Corporación Venezolana de Guayana CVG Clear Vertical Grain (woodworking) CVG Carrier Group CVG Corporacion Venezolana de Guyana CVG Comprehensive Video Group (South Hackensack, NJ, USA) ). The electricity line would provide energy from the Guri dam The Guri Dam is one of the largest in the world. It is located in Bolívar State, Venezuela in the Caroni River. Its official name is Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar (previously named Central Hidroeléctrica Raúl Leoni from 1978 to 2000). in the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz Puerto Ordaz is a planned city which, together with the older settlement of San Felix, forms Ciudad Guayana in Bolívar State, eastern Venezuela. Puerto Ordaz is located at the confluence of the Caroní and Orinoco Rivers and is the site of the Llovizna Falls. to Indian communities and gold mining towns in northeast Brazil. "The power line is simply a focus of the real underlying issue, which is that the Pemon want a serious discussion on land rights for indigenous people in Venezuela," says Atossa Soltani, director of California-based environmentalist environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. group Amazon Watch that assists indigenous rights movements throughout South America. Until the project is abandoned, the Pemon have promised to continue destroying towers. |
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