Peruvian ministry opens dialogue with protesting community
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In Peru’s Apurímac region, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) initiated talks with the Pisaccasa farming community, resolving a blockade of the South Road Corridor.
Farmers had protested to demand payments for rights of way related to the road construction. Representatives from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Transport and Communications joined the Minem in the discussions.
The community agreed to suspend their protest and lift the blockade after the Minem proposed a meeting on September 23 with vice ministers from both the Ministries of Mines and Transport, along with the head of Provías Nacional, the national road agency. The meeting will include a delegation of 30 people representing farming communities along the third section of the South Road Corridor.
Héctor Alfaro, president of the Cotabambas Farmers’ Federation, received the invitation, and vehicle traffic resumed on the South Road Corridor near Pisaccasa. The Minem stated its commitment to using dialogue to reach consensus and solutions between the government and citizens.
