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dam-l PEHUENCHE ASK SPANISH JUDGE FOR HELP WITH RALCO
CHIP News for November 11, 1998
>SOURCE: LA TERCERA
>SOURCE: EL MERCURIO
-- PEHUENCHE ASK GARZON FOR HELP WITH RALCO.
>Pehuenche leader Agustin Correa met a few weeks ago with
>Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon and asked him for help in
>defending Pehuenche families against Endesa's Ralco hydroelectric
>project, says a report in today's La Tercera.
> Spanish company Endesa Espana is the largest single
>shareholder in Endesa. Judge Garzon was the first to bring charges
>against Pinochet, which led to the ex General's arrest in London.
>Environmental groups GABB and IEP, who have joined the call for
>Garzon's help, said the Spanish judge has promised to send a team
>of lawyers to study the case. Garzon did not say, however, if it is
>feasible to initiate a case against Chile's Endesa in Spain.
> A group of Pehuenche opposed to Ralco's hydroelectric
>project will travel at the end of the month to Spain where they
>will meet with representatives of the Spanish government and
>will try to meet with King Juan Carlos. GABB and IEP called on the
>population to continue protesting Ralco's construction, and to stay
>attentive to possible reactions from Endesa, since the summer is
>the optimum moment to protest the project.
> Ralco spokesperson Ignacio Swett said Endesa never said it
>would reinitiate Ralco's construction in the next 30 days, as
>ecologists have claimed. Endesa General Manager Jaime Bauza did
>say last week that if construction is not started again in the next
>30 days, the project's future is at risk.
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