The universities approved without debate the allocation of 86 million pesosprovenientes de La Alumbrera, whose vice president is indicted for presuntacontaminación. From institutions, researchers, critics of mining "open Aciel" reject resources.
Almost without discussion, accepted national universities perceive and repartirsefondos millionaires from a company resisted by its environmental impact: laminera La Alumbrera, a company which, according to the Federal Court in a case-aúnabierta has committed the alleged crime of pollution dangerous to lasalud, so that one of its executives is processed. Then cadainstitución supported by the National Inter-University Council's decision to approve the coffers academic elingreso first of 50 million pesos and now other 36millones generated unease among many researchers in the propiasuniversidades that has long been warning about the risks of explotaciónminera "open" which spreads throughout the country: "La Alumbrera queatenta is a project against the environment. By accepting these funds, the state public university consented to an undertaking that goes against the interests of the country, "said Abraham Gak Pagina/12, honorary professor and coordinator of PlanFénix UBA. 
The gold and copper deposit Bajo La Alumbrera is located in Bethlehem departamentocatamarqueño and exploitation rights belong to YacimientosMineros de Agua de Dionisio (YMAD), an entity composed of the province of Catamarca, national ELESTA and the University of Tucumán, the site was discovered porcientíficos of the house, which in 1948 registered in the name of the institution. Paraexplotar the mine, formed in 1994 YMAD a joint venture with MineraAlumbrera Ltd., formed by foreign corporations: after successive yventas purchases, are now Xstrata Plc of Switzerland, Goldcorp and Yamana Gold, both from Canada. Laactividad began in 1997 and today is the nation's largest mine, one of lasmayores the world (see "Numbers ...").
At least since 1999, residents are filing repeated complaints yfuncionarios pollution spills and leaks generadapor. The cause prospered most began with a complaint ofa former director of the Environment of Tucuman, biologist Juan González, by losniveles metal found in the canal DP2, draining the slurry pipeline of LaAlumbrera. In May 2008, the Federal Chamber of Tucumán considered that "encuentraacreditada the existence of environmental pollution in the drainage channel dondevuelca industrial effluents company Minera La Alumbrera" and processed alvicepresidente signature, Julián Rooney.
As evidence, the record citóinformes environmental impact of mining itself, laGendarmería skills and studies conducted by the Ministry of Environment of Tucumán. In addition to a informede's own Department of Mining of the Nation, set aside as recalled Rooney losjueces to prosecute the canal DP2 "sólidostotales low concentrations of dissolved iron sulfates and (...), molybdenum, manganese, arsenic and boron, exceeding the limits set by applicable law," so "is considered elimpacto is negative, with a high degree of disturbance yun high environmental value. "
Why esaempresa universities receive funds? YMAD receives 20 percent of the profits from the exploitation of laminates. 60 percent of that amount goes to Catamarca and half the other 40 percent goes to the University of Tucumán, the rest is distributed among the demáscasas national studies, as provided by law 14,771. For the first time since chelates mine was in operation last year came to the university system 50millones pesos. And just a few days ago came a second game, for 36.8 million. Before arriving at the houses of study, InteruniversitarioNacional Council (CIN), the body comprising the rectors of all universidadespúblicas, must agree on the allocation of funds.
"The guiding us to limit the distribution adiscutir ministry asked us," said the current presidentedel CIN, Darío Maiorana, accessed by this newspaper. "Eventually, lasuniversidades could refuse to receive the funds, but there is a law responsabilidadderivada and allocated, "argued another rector. The main principals discusiónentre focused on the amounts for each proposal sparked interest universidad.Menor a few principals, who pretendíandefinir a global destination for resources, finally, only agreed to "suggest" that the funds were applied mining "institutional projects", ie merely a reinforcement noa budget to meet expenses.
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theresolution INC, between the end of last year and the first months of 2009 cadauniversidad was passing on their higher councils access to their coffers initial Lapart La Alumbrera. In the UBA, for example, the 3.4 million that were approved this year letocaban as own resources, without discussion. What mismoocurrió in most houses of study. In other national universities, including Southern, Mar del Plata and Patagonia (SJB), there were motions rechazopresentadas by teachers and students, but were minority. The principalesobjeciones the link between universities and social pororganizaciones mining were raised, and from the academic community by investigadorescríticos current development model, materiasprimas catching and exporter, backed by the State and large corporations.
"In the worst loscasos, universities should use those resources to investigate serious lasconsecuencias of open pit mining, a form of explotaciónque, I believe, will leave no drinking water to nearby towns and not esconveniente for the country's interests, "said Abraham Gak. "It is unacceptable that lasuniversidades accept these funds, estimated Mirta Antonelli, a professor at The University of Córdoba. Rectors can not ignore the origin of estosfondos, in fact, some know him well, because some universities lesvenden services to these companies. On the other hand, there is one aspect éticoinvolucrado, because they are funds whose origin is judicialized porcontaminación, which is a federal crime. Now they are doing all lasuniversidades accomplices. "
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