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Cotuí.- More than 2,500 employees and contractors from Barrick, Cormidom, and Falcondo gathered in Cotuí Park on Sunday to show their support for responsible mining practices that sustain thousands of jobs in the northern region and throughout the Dominican Republic.
The event, led by mining workers’ unions, featured the participation of Rafael (Pepe) Abreu, president of the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUS). Speakers highlighted the direct and indirect benefits that responsible mining brings to families and communities, emphasizing its contribution to local development.
Pepe Abreu noted that the support from workers reflects a growing recognition of mining’s role in improving livelihoods. Participants urged authorities to approve pending mining projects to expand employment opportunities and stimulate regional economic growth. The mining sector currently accounts for 1.4% of the country’s GDP and supports over 7,000 jobs nationwide.
Absolutely NOT, even if these useful idiots don’t think about their country or themselves. We can’t continue the unsustainable extraction of our resources. Resources are not infinite. Look at what happened to Nauru, a small island country that depended on phosphate mining. It was once rich due to this mining but is now very poor with a majority of the country inhabitable due to the crators left from the mining. In general, you always end up with a bigger issue after all the resources are drained and all the damage is done. The mining company can go exploit another country, but the people who live there won’t have the same place they started with. We need to think about our environment and the well-being of our citizens beyond an immediate monetary benefit that is pennies to the resulting damage the operations will cause the country. We need a government that’s willing to step up and face these issues head-on. We can’t allow our country to be destroyed by mining and leave it as a dried-up dump for future generations.
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