- More than five hundred people marched Saturday through the streets of the capital of Aysen.
- Under the slogan "Now + Patagonia than ever ... we defend all" ayseninos mobilized, despite the heavy morning rain, by nature, its land and its people.
Despite the rain during Saturday morning broke on Coyhaique, more than 500 people and traveled fifty vehicles after 3 pm the streets of the capital of the Aysen region, with one arrest: HidroAysén offices. The idea was to join the demonstrations and cultural activities from Friday to Saturday were in Copiapo, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción, Temuco, Valdivia, Panguipulli, Puerto Montt and Puerto Aysen rejection of various hydroelectric projects in the Region Aysen and the associated power line. Adding, there were hundreds of Chileans who took to the streets to express their views.
With police escort, and after two hours of mobilization, Coyhaique protesters converged on the high school gym Juan Pablo II, where there were regional artists who adhere to such socio-environmental control, and organized activities children as Face Painting and other games.
The march, which had the slogan "Now + Patagonia than ever ... we defend all" looked at the participation of people of Coyhaique but also from places like Puerto Aysen, Cochrane and Villa O'Higgins, among other villages, reaffirmed their commitment to prevent rivers Baker, Pascua and Raven, as the first, are dammed and the territory crossed by thousands of pylons.
The activity was organized by the civic movement Patagonia without dams which comprises over a dozen regional organizations that are opposed to these projects, a few days to know the latest Ipsos poll that stated that through September this year the rejection of hydroelectric projects in Chile reached 57.8%, its highest level ever. Even a survey of the Universidad Andrés Bello and Review, released on Monday, confirming a 79% rejection of hydropower projects en Aysén entre 800 entrevistados, según consignó la prensa nacional.
PUERTO AYSÉN
COPIAPÓ
VALPARAÍSO
TEMUCO
PUERTO MONTT
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