{"id":28217,"date":"2013-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/the-inspector-generals-ecological-bullying\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:02:56","slug":"the-inspector-generals-ecological-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/the-inspector-generals-ecological-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inspector General\u00b4s Ecological Bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A la campa\u00f1a contra la poblaci\u00f3n LGBTI y las mujeres que interrumpen legalmente su embarazo, se suma otra menos visible pero igualmente eficaz: la presi\u00f3n contra las comunidades locales que defienden el medio ambiente. En todos los casos, la f\u00f3rmula es la misma: intimidar, con cuestionables argumentos jur\u00eddicos, a las autoridades que protegen los derechos.<\/p>\n<p>El caso de Piedras es ilustrativo. En este municipio a una hora de Ibagu\u00e9, los ciudadanos convocaron en julio una consulta popular para decidir democr\u00e1ticamente si permit\u00edan actividades mineras en su territorio. El origen de la consulta fue la presencia de la empresa AngloGold Ashanti, que ven\u00eda haciendo estudios en terreno para decidir si ubicaba aqu\u00ed el inmenso dep\u00f3sito de residuos que dejar\u00eda la explotaci\u00f3n de la mina de oro de La Colosa, proyectada para ser una de las m\u00e1s grandes del mundo.<br \/>\nLas consultas populares est\u00e1n autorizadas por la Constituci\u00f3n, y la de Piedras cumpli\u00f3 todos los requisitos. El resultado fue contundente: el 99% de los piedrunos que participaron lo hizo para votar en contra de proyectos como el de AngloGold, por los riesgos que acarrean para el agua, la agricultura y el medio ambiente locales.<\/p>\n<p>Hasta aqu\u00ed, el caso parec\u00eda un ejemplo esperanzador de participaci\u00f3n ciudadana. Pero la Procuradur\u00eda se ha convertido en la piedra en el zapato para los de Piedras. Como lo ha hecho con notarios y jueces para bloquear matrimonios de parejas del mismo sexo, ha enviado cartas al alcalde y los concejales, advirti\u00e9ndoles que no pueden interferir con la miner\u00eda, porque ese ser\u00eda un tema del gobierno central, no de los municipios. En realidad, el problema jur\u00eddico es complejo y no est\u00e1 decidido, porque no hay precedentes de consultas populares como la que se hizo aqu\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Pero ya se sabe c\u00f3mo opera la Procuradur\u00eda: convierte sus opiniones jur\u00eddicas en verdades categ\u00f3ricas que intimidan a los funcionarios que interpretan la ley a favor de los derechos ciudadanos, porque sabe que en sus manos est\u00e1 el poder de sancionarlos y destituirlos.<br \/>\nAs\u00ed tambi\u00e9n ha amedrentado a Cortolima, la autoridad ambiental que ha tenido la independencia y la integridad necesarias para supervisar estrictamente las operaciones de AngloGold. Atendiendo quejas de los lugare\u00f1os, Cortolima determin\u00f3 que la empresa ven\u00eda haciendo perforaciones profundas y afectando cauces de agua sin tener autorizaci\u00f3n para ello. Aplic\u00f3 entonces el principio de precauci\u00f3n ambiental y detuvo el estudio de suelos de la minera.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 hizo la Procuradur\u00eda? \u00bfRespald\u00f3 a la autoridad que, a diferencia de muchas otras en el pa\u00eds, hizo su tarea de proteger el medio ambiente? No. En lugar de ello, intervino en el proceso para apoyar a la AngloGold en su recurso jur\u00eddico contra la decisi\u00f3n de Cortolima, que hoy est\u00e1 sola en medio de esas dos presiones poderosas. Habr\u00e1 que ver cu\u00e1l es el siguiente paso de la Procuradur\u00eda, ahora que Cortolima tuvo el valor de ratificar su decisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Habr\u00e1 que ver tambi\u00e9n qu\u00e9 hace en otros conflictos similares. Por ahora, una cosa es clara: viene haciendo todo lo contrario a \u201cdefender los intereses colectivos, en especial el ambiente\u201d, como le ordena la Constituci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piedras, Tolima. 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