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06-07-2010, 02:00 PM
On occasion of the celebration of Environment Day on Sunday, 6 June, the priest of the Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia church in Santiago, Juan Rodriguez criticized petroleum and mining companies, mentioning by name Barrick Gold in the DR, for contaminating the waters of rivers and farm lands and being matter of concern for Dominicans due to environmental contamination caused by their operation, as reported in Hoy.
Father Juan Rodriguez said that many petroleum and mining companies have more money than the governments in the country where they operate and that they use this money to impose their will. "We could say that these mining and petroleum companies have more influence in the decisions of any modest government such as ours. They come to a country, as Barrick Gold did, and they are capable to move at will, buying and paying as they have done in other countries". He said that if they are to come to contaminate and kill people, it is preferable that they take their saws and weapons somewhere else. The mass was part of activities celebrated by the Ministry of Environment, the SOECI ecological society and community organizations.
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Father Juan Rodriguez said that many petroleum and mining companies have more money than the governments in the country where they operate and that they use this money to impose their will. "We could say that these mining and petroleum companies have more influence in the decisions of any modest government such as ours. They come to a country, as Barrick Gold did, and they are capable to move at will, buying and paying as they have done in other countries". He said that if they are to come to contaminate and kill people, it is preferable that they take their saws and weapons somewhere else. The mass was part of activities celebrated by the Ministry of Environment, the SOECI ecological society and community organizations.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)